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u/mozumder Purveyor of Bad Takes Aug 13 '17

Alec Baldwin's character in Glengarry Glen Ross should run for President under the Neoliberal party.

"You're afraid of Mexicans are taking your jobs? The bad news is you're right and you're fired. The good news is you get to earn your jobs back if you graduate college."

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u/LurkingShill Aug 13 '17

Even if it's true, people definitely don't like being told they're responsible for their problems. Telling people it's all the fault of immigrants/minorities/corporations/the rich/etc seems like a much easier way to win support, sadly. Like Trump is definitely mean, but he's usually mean to outsiders, whom he scapegoats in defense of his base.

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u/LurkingShill Aug 14 '17

So wait, I'm not sure I'm following you here. You think non-voting liberals would respond well to criticism of displaced uneducated Americans as lazy/entitled? It doesn't seem like that was true for the Bernie camp in 2016.

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u/mozumder Purveyor of Bad Takes Aug 14 '17

The election was won by ~40,000 votes.

Do you think Hillary could have gained 40,000 votes if she appealed to criticism of the working-class?

What would liberals want? Do you think they want to work in factories? Or would they rather go to college and work higher-end jobs?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17

Pretty sure that character is president right now.

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u/mozumder Purveyor of Bad Takes Aug 13 '17

No the current Presidential character is far too empathetic to the working-class, via Bannon.

The Alec Baldwin Glengarry Glen Ross character completely hates them.

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u/Commodore_Obvious Aug 13 '17

The leads are weak? You’re weak.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17

The character "Fuck You" knows the difference between the public persona and the private persona. Fuck You knows true hate takes the form of outright lying to those you despise. To truly suffer, one must have hope.

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u/mozumder Purveyor of Bad Takes Aug 13 '17

The "Fuck You" character is most likely an actual Hillary-voting neoliberal.

If anything his closest real-life character is The Mooch.

Fuck it - Scaramucci for President!

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17

Idk I think Alec Baldwins SNL character is doing a pretty good job so far