• CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 hour ago

      Exactly, sure ones that just don’t let him do dumb shit would be nicer but its nice to know that if he does somehow succeed in becoming a dictator he’s going to speedrun his way to the coked up hitler making terrible micromanaging decisions stage. Should be enough to balance out the brute force of the US armed forces when the rest of the world is trying to defend itself.

  • uebquauntbez@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    3 hours ago

    Isn’t he up to destroy the USA? And rebuild it brand new like he wants it to be? ‘All hail the emperor King Donald, 1st’?

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      4 hours ago

      Pretty sure he would consider murdering millions of Mexicans as a win, even if it ends with a bullet to his temple.

      • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        3 hours ago

        Ya know I realise this is complete conspiracy theory. However, I’m still willing to give a 2-5% chance that if Trump gets back into power, within the last 12-18 months of his presidency he’ll declare a special operation into North Mexico to ‘secure the border’, ‘stop the illegal immigrants’ and ‘remove the drug cartels’.

        Then he’ll claim it’s too dangerous to hold the election, or not appropriate, or whatever excuse because of the special operation. And then he’ll postpone the election with the approval of the SC as a presidential duty and therefore not illegal.

        And I know this is insane but every time I ask myself “would trump attempt something like this?” The answer is always “yes”

    • waz@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      7 hours ago

      I expect he is a slow reader. He may not have gotten to that part of the book yet.

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      9 hours ago

      Germany mainly lost by losing the economics and resources games. A secondary factor was when Hitler started taking over strategic and tactical planning from the generals.

      My take on the generals themselves is that they were at least not terrible.

      • Frostbeard@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 hours ago

        Dont understand why you get downvoted, as I assume you mean that the generals wrwe not strategical and tactical terrible. Think most historians will agree that Hitlers direct involvement in the war was a growing issue in conducting the war. Also Hitler stayed in power by making sure that the levels below him were at each others throats and not able to challenge him directly. Nazi Germany was not technically on a war economy until Speer took over, and the amount of corruption was immens.

      • Joker@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        8 hours ago

        Economic and resources problems are part in parcel with a despot with a desire for absolute loyalty.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    115
    ·
    13 hours ago

    His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.

    https://phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/osssection3pt1.htm

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      37
      ·
      12 hours ago

      It’s Cluster B. Alternative reality. Never to blame. They almost need enemies to work on to be themselves. Gaslight or verbally abuse those in disagreement lest your private reality break. No empathy. Chases power over scenarios.

      We’re living inside the reality of a mental illness. And because it goes to the highest office, the fuckery is exponentially more.

    • Doorbook@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      11 hours ago

      This literally the “israeli” government. Yet we see the Democrats administration, willing to defend that. If the US government in principle is happy supporting a Nazi government; i feel that it reflects well having 2/3 of the population being happy with a Nazi government themselves.

  • waddle_dee@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    87
    ·
    edit-2
    13 hours ago

    Read the whole and thing and, wow. It’s just unbelievable to me that people can support this man so fervently.

    I guess it’s what happens when you give people permission to be completely selfish and devoid of empathy. He’s a fucking psychopath.

    • Jesus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      23
      ·
      12 hours ago

      It’s what happens when you get your news in parts of the country where Fox and Sinclair own the airwaves. They make immigrants and democrats seem terrifying.

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      12 hours ago

      Not psychopathy. But narcissistic personality disorder. If you know anyone who has lived with one, they can tell you it’s on the verge of psychopathy.

      It’s crazy behavior and crazy talk because it’s mental illness, probably somewhere around 60 years untreated mental illness. And hallmarks of NPD are maintaining a personal alternative reality, mentally tearing apart anyone disagreeing with that alternative reality, and no empathy.

      I’m sick to death of no one talking about it and calling it what it is. We can talk about Biden’s dementia but not this?

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      13 hours ago

      Its just standard brainwashing. It’s not even complicated. It’s all right out in the open.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    27
    ·
    11 hours ago

    Goddamn. And he’s potentially president a second time.

    Trump has already caused significant damage. If he wins, we can expect things to get really bad.

    But even if he loses, look at what he’s done. He truly believes personal gain is the only thing someone should ever value. There is no justice for someone like that, other than taking it all away. Forcing him to realize that humanity has only survived because we can work together for collective gain.

  • dhork@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    31
    ·
    edit-2
    13 hours ago

    I read this entire article, and it made me sad. Because the guy’s probably going to win. The people who need to read this article simply won’t, and they will continue to believe what he tells them.

  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    18
    ·
    13 hours ago

    what’s his obsession with ballsacks about? wasn’t he just talking about Arnold Palmers junk, now this? kinda sus…