The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.
  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 hour ago

    Goddamn. And he’s potentially president a second time.

    Trump has already caused significant damage. If he wins, we can expect things to get really bad.

    But even if he loses, look at what he’s done. He truly believes personal gain is the only thing someone should ever value. There is no justice for someone like that, other than taking it all away. Forcing him to realize that humanity has only survived because we can work together for collective gain.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    66·
    3 hours ago

    His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

    https://phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osssection3pt1.htm

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      14·
      2 hours ago

      It’s Cluster B. Alternative reality. Never to blame. They almost need enemies to work on to be themselves. Gaslight or verbally abuse those in disagreement lest your private reality break. No empathy. Chases power over scenarios.

      We’re living inside the reality of a mental illness. And because it goes to the highest office, the fuckery is exponentially more.

    • Doorbook@lemmy.world
      19·
      1 hour ago

      This literally the “israeli” government. Yet we see the Democrats administration, willing to defend that. If the US government in principle is happy supporting a Nazi government; i feel that it reflects well having 2/3 of the population being happy with a Nazi government themselves.

  • waddle_dee@lemmy.world
    57·
    3 hours ago

    Read the whole and thing and, wow. It’s just unbelievable to me that people can support this man so fervently.

    I guess it’s what happens when you give people permission to be completely selfish and devoid of empathy. He’s a fucking psychopath.

    • Jesus@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 hours ago

      It’s what happens when you get your news in parts of the country where Fox and Sinclair own the airwaves. They make immigrants and democrats seem terrifying.

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Not psychopathy. But narcissistic personality disorder. If you know anyone who has lived with one, they can tell you it’s on the verge of psychopathy.

      It’s crazy behavior and crazy talk because it’s mental illness, probably somewhere around 60 years untreated mental illness. And hallmarks of NPD are maintaining a personal alternative reality, mentally tearing apart anyone disagreeing with that alternative reality, and no empathy.

      I’m sick to death of no one talking about it and calling it what it is. We can talk about Biden’s dementia but not this?

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      42·
      3 hours ago

      Its just standard brainwashing. It’s not even complicated. It’s all right out in the open.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    3 hours ago

    I read this entire article, and it made me sad. Because the guy’s probably going to win. The people who need to read this article simply won’t, and they will continue to believe what he tells them.

  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    18·
    3 hours ago

    what’s his obsession with ballsacks about? wasn’t he just talking about Arnold Palmers junk, now this? kinda sus…

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 hours ago

    He’s going to fire all the generals we have that are better than Hitler’s because they’ve learned from 50 extra years of warfare. He’ll be left with generals that are worse than Hitler’s.