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They say that and then act the opposite. The cognitive dissonance is astonishing. Consider the MAGA deep state narrative and how it literally now exists because
by woodgala 10d ago
They say that and then act the opposite. The cognitive dissonance is astonishing. Consider the MAGA deep state narrative and how it literally now exists because of them.
- kmoser 10d agoDistrust of the government comes in different levels: you can be just distrustful enough to be skeptical yet accepting, and so distrustful that you actively try to vote the bums out. I don't think the polls distinguish between them.
- pessimizer 10d agoTrump didn't bring the CIA and MI6 into existence. That's liberal cope from the years they spent yelling about how secret police were actually good now, because they didn't like Trump. Well now they like Trump - happy?
- ilinx 10d agoWhich “liberals” are you talking about? My circle of leftists complained about the CIA just as much during the Obama administration.
- woodgala 10d agolol. Talk about cope. You just invented a strawman and assumed it was my position so that you could claim victory. I guess you don’t know many progressives because by and large the CIA has been considered problematic forever. But it wasn’t celebrated the way MAGA cheers for ICE.
- quickthrowman 10d agoI would encourage you to refrain from saying things like ‘lol. Talk about cope.’ here, let your argument stand on its own without baiting the other person into responding emotionally. I’m not offering this advice because I’m perfect either, I find it difficult sometimes to be respectful of someone I disagree with. You can take it or leave it, I’ll just say editing those sorts of things out of my own posts has been helpful.
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- ethbr1 10d agoThe Trump (read: Russell Vought et al.) playbook is transparently self-serving: 1. Complain loudly about weaponization of institutions 2. Use public support to "reform" those institutions 3. Weaponize those institutions against opponents 4. (Implied) Everyone forgets those institutions were previously less corrupt The entire reason Trump spent so much time talking about the swamp was that his band always had every intention of furthering government corruption, albeit to his own ends. That's a lot easier if you've first degraded public trust in institutions.