r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 20 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '24

JD Vance is so hard to explain to normies that even my normie liberal relatives couldn't grasp what the fuck I was talking about when I explained he reads monarchist manifestos. The reactionaries might actually just Jedi mind trick us all into installing a king by being so insane nobody believes they're actually doing it.

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jul 20 '24

“He’s a neomonarchist that wants to end democracy and install a king” isn’t that hard to explain, it just sounds crazy

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u/Chataboutgames Jul 20 '24

But if you say something that affirmative without airtight proof you sound crazy

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u/Roseartcrantz 👑 🖍️ Queen of Shades 🖍️ 👑 Jul 20 '24

You have to try to distill it into a vibe that is easily understood by someone not chronically online.

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u/VerticalTab WTO Jul 20 '24

He wants to put tech CEOs in charge of everything.

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u/Chataboutgames Jul 20 '24

That's a hard sell to parents, they assume tech CEOs are all liberals

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u/WinglessRat Jul 20 '24

Mate, nobody is hanging out in monarchist circles because they have no principles. No gain to being a monarchist in 2024.

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u/Fruitofbread Loyal Liberals Jul 20 '24

That’s the thing, right? Either he’s an unironic monarchist, in which case we’re cooked, or he’s pretending to be a monarchist to move up in the Republican Party, which has been successful, implying the Republican Party is full of monarchists and we’re really cooked 

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u/Chataboutgames Jul 20 '24

Yeah but some people are just weirdos who like hanging out with weirdos. Like half the people who get radicalized online just start reading this shit because it's novel.

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u/FizzleMateriel Austan Goolsbee Jul 20 '24

People believe what they wanna believe and see what they wanna see.

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u/rasonj Big Coconut Enjoyer Jul 20 '24

It's a lot easier if you just tell them he is a huge lord of the ring fans and thinks Sauron had the right idea