• just_another_person@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    Did you read his quote though? He’s under the assumption that somehow the politics push society to act a certain way, and not the other way around.

    He’s woefully out of touch and in complete denial thinking his money is going to sway what have become societal norms in the US.

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      3 months ago

      He’s been successful so far in executing his plan. The supreme court locked in for pretty much a generation, legalised corruption, made abortion illegal in some states again, etc. And it’s basically a coin flip whether he can do more after the election because somehow it’s a close election between Trump + project 2025 and the alternative.

      These guys are dangerous, and shouldn’t be dismissed as delusional.

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        3 months ago

        I would argue that is subverting the will of the people by exploiting the system which is not what he’s saying here. It’s obvious he thinks that whomever is in positions of power can influence the general wishes of a population simply by existing and parroting their positions with enough repetition, which is categorically untrue and been proven so throughout history (even recently) over and over again.

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      3 months ago

      Sure, our society is so progressive we could never backslide to the point that abortion is illegal or anything.

      Beside that, if he’s throwing around billions, he’s likely most interested in economic issues like unions and worker protections.