Vanity censorship + Streisand Effect = immortality

  • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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    12 hours ago

    oh my god, who the hell cares. There’s enough absolutely INSANE shit that these people do that we can focus on actions and policy instead of stupid vain bullshit.

    Slurred speech yesterday in the address is an excellent example. The neverending war for absolutely nothing. The attack on the constitution currently ongoing in the supreme court…

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      10 hours ago

      Authoritarians need to project an appearance of peerless strength, intelligence, and infallibility. The people who fanatically believe their policies will directly lead to what was promised aren’t doing it on the basis of those policies, but instead on the trust of the confident strongman who made them.