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It’s one of many ways he shows contempt for civilized society. And the system is so rotten that it doesn’t hold him accountable.
Because roughly half the country believes what he says. If it affirms their worldview (usually hatred of some “other”), then they are happy to take it on face value.
Because we have blatantly partisan media companies willing to parrot his lies and unwilling to challenge even the most harmful of them.
Because our two party system makes nearly everything a political issue that is supported by one party or the other, and voters have to choose between the lesser of two evils (whatever that means to that voter) than vote for someone who better represents their actual world view.
Because he is rich. Because he is privileged. Because he has never been made to actually face the consequences of intentionally lying to everyone.
Read “The Startling Accuracy of Referring to Politicians as ‘Psychopaths’” from The Atlantic, of all sources. It’s from 2012 and refers to personalities like Romney and Obama.
Because he’s never, ever, faced consequences for his actions.
He’s a spoiled little shit.
That’s definitely part of it. But he’s also a pathological liar. He can’t *not* lie. His brain is borked.
Also he’s a raging narcissist and a sociopath. Which helps.
There’s no way this dude has ever experienced even an ounce of happiness in his entire life.
“Joy is not real” -GOP
I’ve met a pathological liar, I don’t keep up with trump.
But this person would quite literally like to me about everything and I could never understand why. Even small things like “is tomorrow a holiday?”. he also had a habit of telling people fun facts but no one believed him (and sometimes it was true)
Exactly. Most people stop lying once they’re confronted with evidence that they’re lying because they feel shame.
That’s something this chonky asshole has never had to deal with.
As a narcissist he likes to see his name in the headlines in liberals love nothing more than to talk about him. The only way to shut up a narcissist is to quit giving them the attention that they’re seeking.
Because he knows his stupid fucking followers will believe anything
They sure are dumb.
Because it fucking works. The chumps just eat it up.
What do you mean? He just said he always tells the truth. 🤷♀️
LoL
Because it doesn’t matter? It’s the old “a president I’d like to have a beer with” problem.
You can pretend as much as you’d like that the democratic process is tethered to rationale, but at the end of the day the whole system is set up to be a dog and pony show.
It’s always been a glorified popularity contest and has nothing to do with meritocracy, i.e judging cases upon the merits and demerits.
The problem imho is usability. The system has been shaped to be a popularity contest, but it could very well be shaped into something else.
His followers will never care.
Because he’s a grifter
Because he is a low value person with no integrity.
Because he gets away with it.
Facism works folks. You sell the idea that “other” people are the root cause of your problems, and the pieces almost fall into place
Don’t you think he looks tired.
He looks like a fat fuck
