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Ian Deal's avatar

RFK Jr.'s speech might be an inflection point where Americans recognize we are all being scammed. Americans are constantly told we are the richest country in the world, but we $35 trillion in debt. We spend more on healthcare and education than everyone else, yet have miserable outcomes in our health and the education of our children compared to countries spending far less. RFK Jr, Elon, Tulsi, and millions of others support Trump because he is not part of the system. And the system's reaction to Trump, up to and including lawfare and attempted assassination, exposes the corruption of the media, the deep state, the DoJ, and the democrat party.

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Arne's avatar

Yesterday I saw a Harris-Walz yard sign in a leafy Seattle suburb that also said "Truth Over Lies." Democrats=truth; Republicans=lies?

Another part of the dynamic now is to assert that all goodness is possessed by your side.

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Arne's avatar

Quote on this topic from a Nathaniel Hawthorne story: "It behooves men, and especially men of benevolence, to consider well what they are about, and, before acting on their philanthropic purposes, to be quite sure that they comprehend the nature and all the relations of the business in hand."

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