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Like many Americans, Carolina Giuliani was paralyzed over the prospect that Donald Trump — the man she blames for ruining her father and damaging her family — could be close to returning to the White House.

“It’s a hard phenomenon to understand. It definitely is,” Carolina Giuliani said. “I view Trump as a disease, and I think it’s really important to remember that with every disease, prevention is a much more effective strategy than treatment. ... I thought we had cured ourselves of it the first time, but it doesn’t seem like we have.

“And I think if he becomes the president again, we may have a terminal illness in our country. And that really, really scares me.”


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[–] DarkCloud 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

People feel wronged and betrayed by the system, and like they need that reflected in who they vote for as their representative.

He is that person for those people (hence why they love the mugshot).

The Republican side of politics knows this is the emotional driver, so they direct most of their media to that kind of grievance politics, and claiming they'll "fix" these persecution issues in extraordinary ways.

People like Musk and Thiel fund these campaigns.

Trump thinks he can fix it all by breaking the system that he sees as persecuting him; the system of democracy and the rule of law.

So he wants all its powers. He wants to be a dictator. Then you'll see his politics and only his, and there'll be no more persecution, no more broken system. Just him.

That's how the right wingers feel. They're emotionally locked into this.

That's why they're still on board, for the political solution to their emotional disenfranchisement, for their own sense something's wrong with everyone but them to he proven out with power. Being onboard with Trump proves there's a broken system they've been wronged by, and someone powerful is in that boat with them.

It's a cult, just as much as neoliberal compromise with the Capitalist forces of self-sacrifice is a cult.