• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    Every lost election is “rigged”

    Because he tries to rig elections and sometimes succeeds.

    Every embarrassing fact is “fake news”

    Because he puts out lies as news that are embarrassing to his enemies

    Every scientific truth is a hoax

    Because scientific truths don’t make him money. Raping the environment, etc. makes him money

    Every protest against him is “paid”

    He’s been paying people to show up at his events for decades. Not all, but a lot. Take the Melania movie for example.

  • danc4498@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    He said 2016 was rigged even though he won. It’s not a fragile ego. It’s a fascist dictator. He knows the vote is legit, but if he can convince enough people to side with him, it’s gonna make the whole dictator thing much easier.

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    19 days ago

    Don’t confuse mass scale propaganda, cover up, and distraction as insecurities, it may be both but discounting it as just insecurities is dangerous.

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    18 days ago

    I can, actually. My stepdad and mom are both conspiracy theorists. My stepdad the kind that believes in deep states and global control agencies, my mom the kind that believes in occults and Graham Hancock history.