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ELI5: What in the hell did Trump tap into that is almost causing a second civil war in america? (self.explainlikeimfive)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They were absolute geniuses compared to Trump, and put on a far more convincing show of honesty - particularly Hitler, with his faux-compassionate warmups and vegetarianism. Mussolini had an actual career as an intellectual before he was famous. Hitler sounds kind of intellectually average.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mussolini had an actual career as an intellectual

Well, he certainly considered himself to be an intellectual. Whether he actually was one is another matter entirely

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He made an actual living as a newspaper editor, and got some good reviews according to Wikipedia, so apparently he convinced other people too. At the very least, he could pass.