• theneverfox@pawb.social
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    7 hours ago

    Do you think what we need is a competent administrator? Fuck no, what we need a symbol to rally behind. Look at Trump… He doesn’t do shit

    We need a populist figure that will attract progressives who do know how politics work, and not the Democratic party picks, who are consultant brained cowards who resist change

    Reagan was bad because he was the face of a bad movement. Same with Trump. It doesn’t matter that they were on TV first, they had the same evil cabal behind them

    At the end of the day, bad things are bad and good things are good. You’re misdiagnosising the problem

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      7 minutes ago

      Do you think what we need is a competent administrator?

      To do the job of competently administering things? Funnily enough, I do.

      Fuck no, what we need a symbol to rally behind

      Look at Trump… He doesn’t do shit

      Case in fucking point!

      We need a populist figure that will attract progressives who do know how politics work, and not the Democratic party picks, who are consultant brained cowards who resist change

      Agreed on all counts.

      Reagan was bad because he was the face of a bad movement

      And because his charisma and fame far outstripped his competency and integrity.

      His image made the movement possible just like Trump does now. Giving incompetent (at the ACTUAL job) figureheads a lot of power tends to cause a shitload of trouble for everyone else involved, and often themselves.

      At the end of the day, bad things are bad and good things are good.

      Which is why I would love for Michael Phelps to perform surgery on me! After all, good is good and he was REALLY good at propelling himself through liquid swiftly!

      You’re misdiagnosising the problem

      Nope. You’re endorsing a big part of the problem as a solution.