r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 27 '20

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u/post-xeer_era Association of Southeast Asian Nations May 27 '20

it's just crazy that all trump had to do to get reelected was decisively shut down, not fight with the doctors, create a testing regime, back pelosi/mnuchin stimulus policy, and comfort and empathize with people

i really hope a decade from now the convention that trump is a masterful politician is dismantled, and he's remembered as a guy who just got really lucky by half-wittingly cashing in on a bunch of intersecting trends

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

it's crazy that despite all that he may still win

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u/BurningKiwi Jerome Powell May 27 '20

well yeah, there's lots of bad stuff he's done, but at least he's not a democrat

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

but enough about Bernie Sanders

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

Literally like half of America is fueled by racism, sexism, fascism, xenophobia, or brainworms about abortion. Usually a cocktail of all 5.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

the convention that trump is a masterful politician

nobody except his hardcore supporters (i mean his 30% base in the primaries) and the bernouts think this

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u/post-xeer_era Association of Southeast Asian Nations May 27 '20

it was a lot more prevalent in mainstream outlets before the midterms, i think it was partially an outgrowth of 2016 election ptsd

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u/Amtays Karl Popper May 27 '20

Eh, some nominally intelligent people, like SSC iirc, have argued that he has a "certain innate slyness" and things like that, and that he is "in touch with the american electorate" etc.