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Was he lying back then and is truthful now, or did the pandemic just break him?

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[–] takeda 146 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it looks like anyone close to him (including his business partners) says he was an asshole.

It looks like he had a great PR firm until then, which he stopped using, because he thought he can do better on his own.

[–] PauloPelle 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Started to believe the bullshit himself basically... a spectacular fall from public grace.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More like he realized there were a lot more fascists running around than previously suspected and he could get away with it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

"You're all assholes too? Psh, then why am I pretending not to be?!"