The Dangerous Case Of Donald Trump

[Maou]

Good luck. Have fun. I'll remember you fondly.

You make it sound like he is gonna kill me. I've been around more intimidating danger floofs.

 

[The Cat]

You make it sound like he is gonna kill me. I've been around more intimidating danger floofs.

I'm quite sure you're going to do far more harm to yourself than anyone else ever could. Just try to remember not to say anything that's going to get you in trouble. I do enjoy an underdog, but do try to think before you talk yourself into a corner you cant unpaint. I've become accustomed to your presence.

 

[Nicodemus]

The time will tell which one of us got this right.
What you are implying is perhaps logical but in my book this isn't really logical "game" but a question of values and loyalty. Very good chunk of USA is totally ok with shooting at 5th Avenue if they think that the person deserved it, what we Europeans think about this as a principle doesn't really matter here.

That is just it: I believe Trump's cult, like Hitler's, stems less from love of what they stand for in terms of values, but rather from the tribal feelings their efforts in mass psychology instill in them. Now imagine Goebbels had stopped working for Hitler and started to expose his crimes as crimes as opposed to great deeds in the service of the people when the concentration camps began killing prisoners in droves. Not everyone who supported Hitler was a bad person; they were simply sheep, as most conservatives are.

Obviously, this assumes that Fox News will turn on Trump. It is a risky proposition given its record of serfdom. But if there is a point at which the 'News' part of the name has to be saved from dying for good, it may well be now.

This is not the end of bad information about Trump to come out. It is the beginning. Impeachment gives Democrats so much more power to compel witnesses to testify and to get hitherto secret documents.

 

[Virtual ghost]

When you said " If he goes after version where everything is privatized.." I assumed that you were referring to a specific model that he (Yang) had already suggested, and I was curious.

UBI sounds great. It'd really help me out a lot but it'd never work in a Capitalist country. A recent study involving monkeys suggest that it's within our DNA to feel jilted if we receive the same payment as someone we see as doing less work.
There would have to be SOME way to continue 'punishing' those who are seen as contributing less or it'd never fly with the greater population.

I'm not saying I agree with this way of thinking, I really do not, but there is just no way it would ever accepted if it were truly universal...and that is IF we do somehow find the money to cover it.

I don't know what exactly he suggested (as I already said). It is just that UBI can go very wrong depending on the model you use.


The thing is that your concerns can be bypassed with the concept that UBI doesn't provide much money and therefore creates the mentioned type of drama. The only problem is that such UBI wouldn't serve it primary goal. Can this really work in a Capitalist country ? I can't really say but I don't see why it fundamentally couldn't, I have seen crazier things implemented than UBI. It perhaps takes time that some people get used to it but humans can be pretty flexible in that regard. Although in that case you no longer have a genuine capitalist country.

 

[Maou]

I'm quite sure you're going to do far more harm to yourself than anyone else ever could. Just try to remember not to say anything that's going to get you in trouble. I do enjoy an underdog, but do try to think before you talk yourself into a corner you cant unpaint. I've become accustomed to your presence.

You know as well as I do, that I don't have a track record of breaking the rules, and while trouble may find me frequently. I am not the first to crack normally. I will be sure to be respectful, even if people hate my opinions. I usually reflect the attitude directed at me by others, but with certain people it kinda burns the house down with the burning emotions at play lol.

 

[Jaguar]

What U.S. president would tweet this stupid shit?

"THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ALL THAT IT STANDS FOR," Trump tweeted in all caps. "STICK TOGETHER, PLAY THEIR GAME, AND FIGHT HARD REPUBLICANS. OUR COUNTRY IS AT STAKE!"

You are the one who destroyed the republican party and everything it stood for. Now, go slap on more tariffs to fuck up American farmers. Loser.

 

[The Cat]

You know as well as I do, that I don't have a track record of breaking the rules, and while trouble may find me frequently. I am not the first to crack normally. I will be sure to be respectful, even if people hate my opinions. I usually reflect the attitude directed at me by others, but with certain people it kinda burns the house down with the burning emotions at play lol.

Personally I think it's a bit tragic you waste your loyalty on a man who doesn't deserve the level of faith you put in them. I wish I could have you in my cult of personality instead. But it is as you humans put it an imperfect world.

 

[Virtual ghost]

That is just it: I believe Trump's cult, like Hitler's, stems less from love of what they stand for in terms of values, but rather from the tribal feelings their efforts in mass psychology instill in them. Now imagine Goebbels had stopped working for Hitler and started to expose his crimes as crimes as opposed to great deeds in the service of the people when the concentration camps began killing prisoners in droves. Not everyone who supported Hitler was a bad person; they were simply sheep, as most conservatives are.

Obviously, this assumes that Fox News will turn on Trump. It is a risky proposition given its record of serfdom. But if there is a point at which the 'News' part of the name has to be saved from dying for good, it may well be now.

This is not the end of bad information about Trump to come out. It is the beginning. Impeachment gives Democrats so much more power to compel witnesses to testify and to get hitherto secret documents.

As I said we will see. At this point everyone knows that the guy is morally fish and people still stand by him. I would fully take your position in the case that the democrats are saints but they aren't and they aren't really perceived as such. This is exactly why the whole Trump cult came into the existence in the first place and therefore I don't really see this as the end of Trump. The senate needs to vote 2/3 in favor of this and democrats don't even have a majority. In the case they need half perhaps you can flip a few seats but the difference is just too large between what you have and what you need.


Plus since I am from the part of the world where cult of personality is nothing new I can say that: when the big daddy survives a fight it gains more support (since winning is quality on it's own). This is stupid but this is how things work for some, especially if they are desperate since the system is falling apart. Therefore they hope that the strongman will save them with his strength and ability to bypass the rules, while in return they will give support. This is exactly why I claim that logic doesn't mean much here, since the bond is emotional.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I'm not part of the media, I'm not interested in that sort of partisanship either.

The "my leader right or wrong" thinking is unamerican, its one of the least American things I can think of.

It’s a cult of personality. People love a strongman.

 

[The Cat]

And there's nothing more contagious than laughter.

 

[Jaguar]

Personally I think it's a bit tragic you waste your loyalty on a man who doesn't deserve the level of faith you put in them.

There are women who sent love letters to Ted Bundy.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

Did you abolish it? If so then have at thee, but I need a mod to confirm ( [MENTION=13112]Stigmata[/MENTION] [MENTION=9811]Coriolis[/MENTION] ). You do know I changed my name a few times correct? I am Tenebris, Exolvuntur, and Yamimaru in the past.

He had a no contact request with me too, yet recently responded to me in another thread. A request the mods said should extend both ways. I’m a little confused why he suddenly started responding to me again. I had honored the request until he broke it. As far as I’m concerned, I’m not going to honor it when he has no intention of doing the same. Sorry to go off topic, but maybe a mod can clear things up here

 

[Jaguar]

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[Maou]

Personally I think it's a bit tragic you waste your loyalty on a man who doesn't deserve the level of faith you put in them. I wish I could have you in my cult of personality instead. But it is as you humans put it an imperfect world.

 

[The Cat]

Be careful. Better men and women than I have lost everything and been denied that title; dont carelessly hang it on a criminal panicking because he got caught with his pants down. You walk a fine line. Take care which side of it you fall during your capering japes. I know your idol doesnt think before he runs his ignorant mouth, but if you truly see the things you claim to see, you will not emulate him, but learn from his mistake. Think. Before you get carried away.

 

[rav3n]

And a second whistleblower or technically, the first one who's an IRS employee. Trump's been interfering with the IRS audit process.

IRS Whistleblower Also Alleged Trump Acted Improperly | Law & Crime

A little-noticed court filing from August contains a shocking allegation made by a disgruntled Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee: that President Trump attempted to interfere with some aspect of the agency’s mandatory presidential audit system.

That court filing includes a letter authored by House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) which is addressed to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and describes the situation thusly:

On July 29, 2019, the Committee received an unsolicited communication from a Federal employee setting forth credible allegations of “evidence of possible misconduct”-specifically, potential “inappropriate efforts to influence” the mandatory audit program.

House Democrats were apparently already worried about such an improper use of presidential power in the abstract.

“This is a grave charge that appreciably heightens the Committee’s concerns about the absence of appropriate safeguards as part of the mandatory audit program and whether statutory codification of such program or other remedial, legislative measures are warranted,” the letter continues.

Beyond general concerns, however, Democrats now claim to have some undisclosed–but specific–information supporting that belief. And they seem to think the Trump Administration is lying about it.

The Neal-Mnuchin letter continues:

The Committee has raised these concerns repeatedly, both in prior correspondence as well as at the June 10 briefing with staff from both Treasury and the IRS. Commissioner [Charles] Rettig, in his May 17, 2019 letter, responded that the “concern that IRS employees could be subject to undue influence when conducting mandatory audits of a President’s tax returns” is “unfounded.” The allegations received by the Committee cast doubt on this statement and underscore the pressing need for complete and meaningful oversight of the mandatory audit program.

As a result of that IRS whistleblower complaint, Neal requested “a rolling production of documents and communications of specified Treasury and IRS employees.”

Mnuchin was sent the letter on August 8 and given a deadline of August 13 to reply–which he did. In his response, Mnuchin declined to cooperate with Neal’s request and said he referred the matter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG).

 

[Jaguar]

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The Whistle-Blower Complaint Released by the House Intelligence Committee, 9/26/2019 by PRH Audio | Free Listening on SoundCloud

 

[Coriolis]

He had a no contact request with me too, yet recently responded to me in another thread. A request the mods said should extend both ways. I’m a little confused why he suddenly started responding to me again. I had honored the request until he broke it. As far as I’m concerned, I’m not going to honor it when he has no intention of doing the same. Sorry to go off topic, but maybe a mod can clear things up here

If you have a no-contact request with someone and they break it, best to report it and we will follow up. If you think the time has come to bury the hatchet, meaning you are willing to have contact again, notify the member privately. As long as they agree, the request is mutually off, but it is always mutual.

 

[Stigmata]

That implies I believe the bullshit the media says about Trump. I for one, supported him by what characteristics I see in him, and his capabilities, and results. I do not hate Trump's behaviors, but I don't expect 100% goody twoshoes either because it is politics. The very nature of it is dirty and abhorrent. What I see in Trump is someone fighting against all odds to accomplish what he believes will benefit the country. His beliefs frequently align with my own. I also don't believe in asskissing to Democrats like most Republicans do, and neither does Trump. Nor do I think any leader should show weakness to others etc.

Long story short, I think Trump is a troll, and also gets shit done. His actions, while bold and offensive, do not betray his intentions.​

 

[Totenkindly]

There are women who sent love letters to Ted Bundy.

Hell, one even married him in court and gave birth to his daughter.