• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Considering that both Mussolini and Hitler were also incompetent fucking morons, it’s no surprise that modern fascists also pick leaders like them.

    They’re sending their best.

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      3 months ago

      Trump represents modern conservatism, but he himself? I’m not sure he actually stands for a whole lot beyond his own orange bubble.

      He’s mostly a blank slate (philosophically and intellectually) that the people around him can use to get their agendas enacted. He surrounds himself with sycophants and bootlickers, so as long as they promise him wealth and power, he is content to parrot the talking points he’s given.

      Steven Miller, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, and all the others…those are the real evil motherfuckers. When Trump is out of the picture, they’ll find some other half-wit to puppet. The fight won’t end when one figurehead fades in to history.

      idk, just one dude’s thoughts.

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      3 months ago

      They were absolute geniuses compared to Trump, and put on a far more convincing show of honesty - particularly Hitler, with his faux-compassionate warmups and vegetarianism. Mussolini had an actual career as an intellectual before he was famous. Hitler sounds kind of intellectually average.

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        3 months ago

        Mussolini had an actual career as an intellectual

        Well, he certainly considered himself to be an intellectual. Whether he actually was one is another matter entirely

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          He made an actual living as a newspaper editor, and got some good reviews according to Wikipedia, so apparently he convinced other people too.