I sell the things you need to be
I’m the smiling face on your TV
Oh, I’m the cult of personalityI exploit you, still you love me
I tell you one and one makes three
Oh, I’m the cult of personality
He speaks to their “truths.” He feeds their hopes. He bolsters their fear of a diminishing relevance. He says things they want to hear in a way that they understand.
He’s the only one who holds a branch out to them and they clutch on to it like the trumpanzees they are.
Except it’s not a branch. It’s a clutching hand seeking their wallet, but they’re too fucking stupid to see it.
It seems that the importance of…ahem, “telling it like it is” cannot be overstated. i.e., racism is an extremely powerful effect.
“telling it like it is” is just coded language to say “he says the shitty things that I think are true, so it makes me feel less shitty and empty inside”
it is pretty powerful having your beliefs be broadcasted and repeated ad nauseum by a figure you consider of authority. like discovering the idea you thought you had originally being already out there said by someone you hold in respect. for trump followers him just being the nominee of their party of blind choice is already worthy of praise and admiration.
trump just loves their endless money pit, and will say just about anything to get it. they love that they have a former president with attention from the media to propagate their delusions.
When you have nothing left but fear and hate…
One could argue that stupidity is just a lack of intelligence, so it’s not really something you have.
No, that’s ignorance, which is not a moral failing. These people are stupid. Willfully-ignorant, head in the sand, turn their heads, keep others from bettering themselves, stupid.
Nothing left but fear, hate… and also, if polls hold, the senate, the house, the presidency, and they already have scotus, state-level politics, and huge tranches of circuit courts.
Yes, they’re going to be crying so hard after they read all these dank, critical memes. That’ll show 'em!
The racists want an idol to say it’s okay to be racist
