• whiwake@lemmy.cafe
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    2 days ago

    I cannot actually imagine him doing very well in an election either way.

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      2 days ago

      I bet you would have said the same thing about Trump in 2016 and yet here we are. Attempting to understand the thought process of inherently irrational people is a losing battle.

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            1 day ago

            Trump started saying on main the vile, despicable stuff American people had wanted to say since the civil rights movement. He can LARP as a successful person (a poor person’s idea of a rich person etc etc). Vance is as appealing as lukewarm cottage cheese.

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        Nah, when Trump won the nomination in 2016 I knew we were cooked. Vance doesn’t have the same appeal. He’s got the “owning libs” part down but his humor lacks a broader appeal, unlike Trump.

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          24 hours ago

          Yes, but mere months before winning the nom the very idea of Trump winning it was unthinkable. And frankly it still is, and only makes sense when you understand the movement original detached from Trump that pushed him. They’re who won the nom, Trump was just the easiest person to enact their agenda through. We all should have been paying way more attention to the unsavory shit happening online like gamergate, because the masterminds behind that are the ones holding the real power today, imo.

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        2 days ago

        Sorry bud, I knew he was gonna win because Hillary was gonna lose. I did not think he was going to lose in 2020 though—and honestly I wish he won just so we would be done with it all by now. But that revenge project 2025, mixed with 4 years of him aging just killed the whole country.