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05/01/24
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Originally posted by Scott th Ratbag:
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its a terrible indictment on the American (and certain Aussies) that this conman retains such loyalty. I've watched people who've been sentenced for high profile crimes in the prison yards gather you adherents to their side. I watched Arthur Neddy Smith become the central figure in collecting Panadeine Forte for codeine extraction, running a business is key to controlling people in the bin. but Smith had to control the previous controllers (and get "official" approval). Trump is so utterly arrogant he clearly thinks he can do whatever he likes from gathering bribes from o/s leaders to making a besty of the most obnoxious people.... all at taxpayer expense. yet even when he is indicted as the leader of an insurrection and attempt to corrupt election votes his adherents, like limpets, stick to him. its the same dynamic imo as the Big Crims in the bin have to attract "business" and followers. anti-hero stuff, infamy, notoriety and plain dumb star attraction for his villainous charisma. the man is plainly a confidence trickster. yet people give him money even when its proven he takes whatever money is donated for his own personal use. yes this will make inspiration for dystopian novels, exposé works and movies of the most corrupt pollie to disgrace the US since the Godfather.
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Gang behaviour on a large scale. The penultimate reason why humans are so dangerous. The first being that >50% of humanity are goddamned, dangerous fools - if one takes the USA as a measure with a large sample size.