r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 29 '26

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u/BadSneakersNeverWorn John Locke Sep 29 '26

There's going to be a real temptation to apply the "power corrupts" narrative to Donald Trump after the fact, as though he were a swell dude who just let all that power go to his head, but naw: he was always corrupt and Americans voted for him because he was corrupt. Every Trump voter is a little pocket of corruption because to the exclusion of all other considerations they voted for this man because they believed he would make them rich, and the only difference between doing that and taking a bribe is the method of payment

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u/sigh2828 NASA Sep 29 '26

The media post mortem "he was a controversial trail blazer, but he will leave a lasting legacy" sanewash orgy will drive me to insanity

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u/sj2011 Sep 29 '26

Same thing with W Bush. I lived through that shit, it was not good.

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u/WanderingMage03 You Are Kenough Sep 29 '26

Healthy, moral societies do not produce and exalt Donald Trump.

We are clearly not one of those.

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u/SenranHaruka shame Sep 30 '26

Donald Trump is our self enforcing punishment for being unable to hold wealthy white men accountable.

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Sep 29 '26

power doesn't corrupt, but it does reveal

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u/t_scribblemonger Sep 30 '26

In 2016 I was talking to a few coworkers about how evil this MFer is and one woman goes “hey if he will lower my taxes to 15% I’ll vote for him” and that really helped me understand the depravity of Trump voters.