• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    wait, why is trump doing this? it is THE tech china is behind on and could have been used strategically to keep them down. isnt that what both republicans and democrats want?

    sometimes trump gives me hope the empire is gonna die, but i wanted to understand wtf they are thinking.

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      2 days ago

      Because Biden did it. That’s it. It’s a huge thing and it doesn’t have Trump’s name on it, therefore it’s bad and needs to go away.

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        i struggle to believe that politicians, especially the sitting president on the biggest empire in the world, won’t ruin their go at power simply because of that. i dont think their followers are putting out good analysis either.

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            i don’t think his personality traits are that relevant beyond how he rallies his supporters.

            fascism tends to put narcissists and other specific types of people in power, but they are put there by capitalism (or: the powers that be) when they need such a leader. fascism is not an organic and normal thing to happen to people, and its definetly not exclusively trumps merit here.

            looking back, historically, that happens whenever the US invades you to pacify bring democracy or when crisis that shakes the very core of the system looms.