• Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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      23 days ago

      Is it though?

      I feel there isn’t really a blue equivalent of the nutcases who cover their homes and vehicles from top to bottom in Trump propaganda.

      • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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        23 days ago

        It’s kind of cheating to watch the DNC because that’s where and when they come out of the woodwork, but they’re on full display right now to get reference.

        But yes, the very public merchandising is definitely the Trump contribution that doesn’t have as strong an equivalent with the Democratic Party.

        But then again the GOP is still full of mask-on Trump supporters without the nutcase pageantry.

        • wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.net
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          23 days ago

          I feel like there is a significant difference between going to the DNC and going to the RNC.

          For one, the DNC attendees didn’t bring jizz cups with them.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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      24 days ago

      Sorry, he doesn’t. He doesn’t even know you.

      Parasocial relationships are unhealthy, even if they are with good people.

      • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 days ago

        They’re not inherently unhealthy lol. They can be great. Find you some therapists to follow on YouTube or something. The ones I’ve found inspired me to go back to school and become one myself:)

          • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            23 days ago

            I’m not sure what about my comment made you think that’s my opinion, but no, just taking some advice from a video obviously wouldn’t meet the threshold. I’m talking finding creators you watch regularly and feel connected to while they have zero or very limited awareness to your existence. They shouldn’t be the ONLY relationships you have, but they are natural and should be encouraged to the extent that they are healthy. Think of it like eating sweets. It’s natural, part of our hardwiring to enjoy, but we want to be mindful of our consumption.

      • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 days ago

        Actually he’s the only senate member who happens to be an independent who probably does care lol.

        Not that it makes a functional difference, but at least we got 1 / (100 + 435 + presidential cabinet + presidential appointees + SCOTUS + federal court judges)

    • zephorah@lemm.ee
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      24 days ago

      Yea well, less predatory and/or apathetic feels pretty ok right now.

      And I say the latter as a gen X.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    24 days ago

    Some politicians are people who went into politics wanting to help others and make a positive difference. Others are predators. Sometimes you get to vote between one of each category.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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      24 days ago

      And much more often, you get to choose between a sometimes helpful opportunist and a predator. The choice is still clear, but nowhere near as pleasant.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Remember those times fans used violence in support of the most popular “left” politicians:

    • Bernie Sanders
    • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
    • Barack Obama
    • etc…

    Of course you don’t, because they didn’t happen. Far-right extremists are a cancer that needs to be cut out.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      25 days ago

      ‘I love the poorly educated!" - Trump

      Same for the Dems too. They love voters who blindly follow them.

  • Lightscription@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    A good one could. “Agape” or love for your people, who you represent or fight for. Imagine if MLK had an office. Some people do care. I think Sanders does, who has a high enough profile for people to know about him. Sawant also.

  • _____@lemm.eeEnglish
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    24 days ago

    I like these memes but I feel as though they reach those that already know and not the echo chamber that desperately needs it

  • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Certain ones hate us less than connie global heating fossil fuel cocksuckers

  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    The mixed effects of Celebrity and Tribalism are incredible.

    I like to think I’m very logical, been in contact with the Acting World in the UK (plus some of my friends had seen the TV World from the inside) which really tore down a lot of the impact I would get from other people being Famous: basically what we on the outside see about Famous people is a highly managed and complete total bollocks image (possibly worse so in Politics) and even barelly know fringe actors are under social/professional pressure to manage their public impression and say certain things but not others.

    Further, I’m in my 50s, lived in several countries, seen quite a bit more than the average person, am at the top of my profession and am hardly lacking in self-confidence or self-belief.

    And yet, some time ago when I joined a small political party where I live now - Portugal - (were “small political party”, unlike in the US, means they have members of Parliament and the leaders are frequently interviewed on TV) and went to a “Welcome to the Party” meeting for members in the district that contains the capital city of the country, I could feel the “Uh, ahh, important person” feeling and the umconfortable self-awareness in the presence of such people.

    For! Fuck’s! Sake!

    I think this crap has nothing to do with Logic (as logically being well-known has very little to do with wisdom or most other qualities except perhaps presentation, and leadership of a Party is seldom the resultof the qualities traditionally deemed to be admirable and which make a Great Man or Great Woman) and comes from some deep down pack instinct or whatever such crap.