Robert Reich articulated something that has been bouncing around my head since 2016

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Fingers crossed!

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Honestly, the Reagan years were pretty much the same. This is a group of people that approach everything like it’s a religion, including politics. Their world view is so based in contradiction, false dichotomies and blind faith that they’re always looking for the next Messiah to tell them what to do, that every asshole that recognizes this can take advantage of them right down to their magic underwear.

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Reagan’s rise coincided with ascent of the first conservative generation raised on Rand and Objectivism. Amd that took over the role of religion.

And they were still bitter about all the attention those damn hippies took from them.

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Fucking dirty hippies…

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I wonder if the RNC will rename the GOP to TNFP (Trump NeoFashist Party) next.

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There is no GOP, there is only MAGA and enemies of MAGA.

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Such a good short video. Never saw that last bit where trump says he doesn’t care about his followers and only wants their votes.

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That was from a recent campaign speech in Iowa where it was dangerously hot outside. He joked that he didn’t care if people dropped dead from the heat, as long as people voted for him first.

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