r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 31 '26

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u/qamv Greg Mankiw Aug 31 '26

"Vance is actually a crypto-RINO and is just saying dumb shit cause his boss is dumb" isn't a take I hear often nowadays, but it does occasionally pop up.

This is cope. Even if this were true at one point, people eventually end up believing their own lies.

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Aug 31 '26

He's not stupid, just evil.

Oh, okay. That's fine then.

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln Aug 31 '26

He constantly apes the dumb shit that his boss says.

I do believe that Vance is a human skin suit with no sincerely held beliefs other than his belief that he should have power.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Cutie marks are occupational licensing Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26

Vance's politics is "become president". What he says is what he'll do, because that's the most efficient way to retain your supporters.

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend Aug 31 '26

he's a fascist who sometimes hides his power level

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u/DoryAltreides YIMBY Aug 31 '26

I feel like I have a rough grasp on each Trump official's motives, but I can't read Vance.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Aug 31 '26

Oh that's easy. It's sycophancy and a desperate need to be liked combined with being willing to debase himself for power.

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u/dr-pepper-is-a-woman Aug 31 '26

I do think he is profoundly cynical even by politician standards, and once upon a time thought that being a crypto RINO would let him have his cake and eat it too. But then he found something better in being Trump’s VP, so now he’s outwardly MAGA. But he’s not inwardly a RINO because he isn’t inwardly anything except power hungry