I had a lot of questions after Trump was first elected and I started reading as much as I could, not only learn more about how and why it happened but also about Trump himself. One of the first books I read was by his niece, Mary Trump. The very aptly titled, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man. I came away almost feeling sorry for Trump after what he'd been through. To say his father was an absolute monster and his mother was selfish and uncaring are understatements. Trump had an older brother, Fred Trump Jr, who was groomed from an early age to take over the family business. The senior Trump demanded ruthlessness from Fred but he didn't have it in him. The pressure destroyed him and allowed an opening for Donald to step in. Trump knew he wasn't smart enough to be the ruthless and successful businessman his father demanded, so in order to please his father and compensate for his shortcomings, he began to construct a very fragile illusion of himself as strong and capable and ruthless. Gradually, this became Trump's reality. It wasn't based on facts or observations or careful reflection; to Trump, it became what he said it was. And in order to sustain this illusion there must be no encroachment of objective reality like the multiple scientific studies showing no link between autism and vaccines. Trump can only exist if people adore him and support the illusion that he is all powerful. It's why he frequently says that when people talk to him they call him "sir", or that every response from the White House to counter any criticism of Trump always talks about how he's the most engaged, the hardest working and the best president this country has ever had or our military is the best in the world. To Trump, might not only makes right, but is his only recourse when things inevitably go wrong: "we are going to beat the fcking sht out of them". And if his adoring public has any doubt about vaccines and that they might cause autism, then this becomes who Trump is. A reckless and dangerous figure who will do anything to maintain the adoration of his public but is framed as a fearless warrior who fights for the American people. It becomes a caustic, self-sustaining cycle that is the heart of the chaos we now find ourselves in.
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And that’s basically it!
he drove the brother, who wanted to be a pilot to SUICIDE, by constantly hounding and mocking him. thats why DRUMPF is scared of alcohol.
What a terrible family.
it is pretty much runs in the family. the grandfather was denied returning to germany and his citizenship was cancelled, so effectively expelled/stateless when he DRAFT dodged, and they setup a BROTHEL in rural canada at the time. fred trump wasnt any better so, he moulded donald trump to what he is today, he like inerited thier depravity from the grandfather, passed onto trump and then to donald. only the OLder sibling, mary went unscathed.
Yeah that book is crucial to understanding how he'll act in any situation
How are Democrats not running ads about how "Donald Trump wants to kill your children."
It's all one power structure.
Yeah we can really see how both sides are the same. I remember when Biden was virulently anti-vaccine, while unleashing a personal paramilitary force on the population, while destroying our relations with every other country, while starting a war with Iran to distract from him protecting child rapists.
Oh wait, no I don't. Because only an absolute fucking moron could possibly believe both sides are the "same".
The democrats are still a ragtag bunch of enabler pussies.
If you attack a party for something well in advance of an election, it loses its effectiveness before election day. People get desensitized to the message and it no longer impacts their decision to vote or who to vote for. If you noticed during the last election, different promises were made at different times. They waited to promise full legalization of cannabis until the last minute for a reason. There are also alignments of promises or points emphasized during primaries based on which state primary or primaries are up next.
Because they are complicit. The two parties are not the same, they differ on a few dozen topics, of which the public is acutely aware. For the other 1,000,000+ issues, they are either in agreement or are complicit in Republican ideology.
What "million plus" issues are there?
Fuck this "both sides" nonsense, it's so goddamn stupid. Sheer fucking delusion no different than MAGA delusion.
I don't fully buy into the 'both sides are the same' argument. I do believe the two parties are not different enough though. Basic shit like universal healthcare, civil rights, taxing the wealthy by closing loopholes, etc. should be what the left is doing in my opinion.
Both sides same is meant to deter people from voting.
they are too busy worrying to not offend both houses why MITCH MCCONNEL isnt replaced. beshear is pratically acting like tim walz, non-confrontational approach, dont rabble rouse. while when the gop does it, they can go scorched earth all they want.
Would clash with the "Donald Trump wants to fuck your children." ads.
Donald Trump wants to play fuck marry kill with your children
They're too busy attacking DSA candidates
Because the frontal attack just reinforces his position. The right wing populist playbook is all about the victim complex and it has some known bugs in human "rationality" helping out as well.
meh...if he doesn't kill them, a few firearms around the house will.
Imagine that RFK, Jr isn't crazy enough for you?
"Iiiii I made a pair of boots, you uhhhh can fuck one of the boots, uhhh even if you wear jeans. The other boot is ahhhh crockpot to make stew. Don't uhhhh, don't uh wear that boot, it's decorative. The leather isn't leather, it's a recycled dog skin fortified with bull semen and sauerkraut juice. Its also a good ahhh, a good jerky"
RFK Jr. Commencement speech to the graduating class of the 2 hour online new employee training course for the Chipotle in Rancho Cucamunga, CA.
Ardent anti-vaccine activist and current US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly on thin ice with Trump for not being anti-vaccine enough for the president’s liking
How are there so many completely delusional people in the world in a time of education and information?
Is the human brain rigged for insanity?
I don't mean RFK Jr. or Trump, but the fact that Trumps delusional policies got him elected in a country of 300+ million people.
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USA as a country and society is stark raving mad.
I have lived in the bible belt all my life, still trying to escape. People are proud of their beliefs even though they aren't true. "Everyone is entitled to their beliefs" is the common sentiment, but it's wrong. Everyone is morally obligated to align their beliefs with reality as closely as they can.
That's where science comes in. It is not an authority, not a religion, not a system. It is a process we use to acquire and refine knowledge. Given the physical limitations of our senses and minds, it is the best we can do.
People need to learn before we all die of stupid.
Everyone is entitled to their beliefs
That is such a stupid saying, basically it's true that people are entitled to their beliefs, but that doesn't make their beliefs worthy in any way, and it definitely doesn't mean crazy beliefs have to be respected, and it also doesn't mean they deserve special consideration.
Everybody is also entitled to jump off a cliff, but what would be the point of such a statement?
Americans fail to debunk the widespread insanity as a society, and as a result the insanity is spreading.
You gotta understand the US' version of democracy hasn't functioned properly in decades. I don't know what all happened; seems like a culmination of things.
I mean, "the people" didn’t promote him to the head of the GOP presidential lineup. When he did something disrespectful and disgusting, he wasn't dismissed by his party. He just assumed control. His words were repeated and analyzed by every news station as if he had merit. His wasn't a grassroots movement, it was plotted & paid for by who knows (I'm assuming corporations & foreigners powers).
Not to mention his uproar over voting machines during Biden's entire term - I struggle to believe the same fascists pushing & investigating these machines & corporations for years prior to the election actually won said election.
"Stark raving mad"? Maybe. "Delusional"? Also maybe. But I think more than anything the population is the victim of a broken government.
Anti-vaxx stuff used to be on the fringes - once the stupidest people took over the Republican party anti-science sentiment in general came with them. Because they're stupid.
I didn't realize Trump actually cared about vaccines and figured RFK was appointed as a quid pro quo for his 10% of votes he was getting early on.
Trump sure advertised the Covid vaccine as something he was proud of. Why would he be against vaccines now? Because maga yelled it and he thinks thisll help him get back some of those he lost during the Iran war?
I didn’t realize Trump actually cared about vaccines
Trump on our side, says not Doctor Andrew Wakefield.
Andrew Wakefield attends Trump inaugural ball in 2016.
Trump was antivax before he got elected. But he certainly got vaccinated for COVID. He just wants the simp vote.
Covid is bullshit, it'll go away in the summer like flu, swallow bleach and squirt horse dewormer up your ass, covid is a hoax
gets covid
PUMP ME FULL OF EVERY MEDICINE, STEROID AND EXPERIMENTAL CONCOCTION SCIENCE HAS TO OFFER!
Why would he be against vaccines now?
While I don't have the answer, it isn't anything new and predates the pandemic: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/17/fact-check-republicans-run-afoul-of-medical-thinking-with-autism-assertions/
The republican party was willing to entertain anti evidence positions so the people whose primary issues were things like "the medical and scientific establishment can't be trusted as much as my gut" flocked to them
Hard to prove a link that doesn't exist.
Not for Trump, he just thinks hard enough and that's how it is. No really, as far as I read that's how he treats life, you think hard enough and make sure you have groveling sycophants tell you that how everything is just like your delusions and live in a fantasy world where your hands don't look like they belong on a 10 year old.
Well technically I think it was some positive thinking attitude type mindset so even if it doesn't match reality it happens. What a load of baloney, unless you start with half a billion dollars on the game of life then you're rich enough to pretend whatever you like. Somehow this dude made least 1/3 of the US think that's okay, good job on electing people to defend education and critical thinking.
"But it seems Trump has not aligned with his advisors and still wants Kennedy to demolish vaccination policy with wild abandon, despite the health and political dangers. "
What the fuck is even the point?
Cruelty, misery, exercising power to inflict suffering.
Don't forget: Dismantling of the country so that it can be parcelled off to the Oligarchy on the cheap.
Because the Evangelicals with money keep asking for this, and he can't deliver.
"Report: Trump mad" Yes, of course.
the brainworms are doin everything they can to help!
Since when do they need proof to exclaim something backwards and stupid?
If only RFK Jr. would only talk faster he'll "find" the solution. It's not found in science, it's found in talk.