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Post by general313 on May 5, 2017 15:10:23 GMT
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe that's what Plato was getting at. I believe he saw the same dangers in pure Democracy as the US Founding Fathers, i.e., a tyranny of the masses, i.e., say 51% oppressing 49% (this as opposed to what we have now, which is 1% oppressing 99.) I agree with Trump driving us off a cliff though. We were on a nice gradual downward incline before. Now we're going Thelma and Louise style. Yeah that's more Aristotle's take. The reality is Trump is probably not that demagogue,for all his faults I don't actually believe he's evil. What he has highlighted is how easily a populist movement plus voter apathy can put a true tyrant in power. Trump serves as a terrible warning of what could happen when the masses believe they have found a worthy champion. This is a lesson that America must heed or real tyranny will eventually occur. I fear that a large proportion of the American public are too stupid to realize this. If Trump weren't constantly attacking the news media I might have agreed, but by relentlessly claiming that the mainstream news media is fake, he risks causing real damage to democratic institutions not only in the U.S. but around the world. There are already copycats appearing in places like Korea. |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2017 15:16:22 GMT
He has not yet begun a nuclear war. Which is nice.
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Post by Catman on May 5, 2017 15:31:54 GMT
He makes George W. Bush look competent.
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Post by progressiveelement on May 5, 2017 16:12:09 GMT
He has good taste in the pussies he grabs.
Major creep factor on the admission he would screw his daughter.
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Post by johnblutarsky on May 5, 2017 16:16:27 GMT
Ummmm......he's looking slightly less orange than he did a few months ago.....I guess.
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Post by thorshairspray on May 5, 2017 19:22:40 GMT
He has trigger the holy shit out of the professionally offended.
Helped drag the MSM into the light of scrutiny.
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 5, 2017 19:56:49 GMT
At the very least, Hillary's chances of getting the 2020 Dem nomination are extemely unlikely at this point.
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Post by Marv on May 5, 2017 21:39:46 GMT
How did he demonstrate you don't have to be rich and famous to become president?
He was already rich and famous well before his political run.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 6, 2017 5:49:15 GMT
How did he demonstrate you don't have to be rich and famous to become president? He was already rich and famous well before his political run. It was supposed to be a joke. Maybe I should have thought it out better before writing it.  |
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Post by Jillian on May 6, 2017 6:10:01 GMT
He has said that being president is much harder than he would have thought.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 6, 2017 17:17:08 GMT
He has said that being president is much harder than he would have thought. Kennedy made a similar comment to Eisenhower when they talked after the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Eisenhower reminded Kennedy that he had forewarned him it would be that way three months earlier. |
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Post by Marv on May 7, 2017 0:09:43 GMT
How did he demonstrate you don't have to be rich and famous to become president? He was already rich and famous well before his political run. It was supposed to be a joke. Maybe I should have thought it out better before writing it. No problem. I'm working nights so I might not have caught it. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 7, 2017 2:12:59 GMT
It was supposed to be a joke. Maybe I should have thought it out better before writing it. No problem. I'm working nights so I might not have caught it. I work nights too, but I won't quibble about it for the same reason that I am reluctant to call CoolJGS bro. Both of you have been "in country" longer than me.  |
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Post by cupcakes on May 8, 2017 15:04:15 GMT
tpfkar He made clearer the extent to which wide swathes of people will embrace laughable hyperbole and straight-up dishonesty in order to feed their rabid hardon for their bugaboos.
Cinemachinery, on the other hand, is the King of Lies. If the only way to wipe him off the face of the earth was at the expense of my own life I would do it. It would be the most noble thing I ever did. |
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