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  • Opioid of the Masses

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 15 20:05:26 2024
    Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016:

    "Trump's promises are the needle in America's collective vein... There
    is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is
    cultural heroin... he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they'll
    realize it."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jul 16 01:33:51 2024
    On 2024-07-16, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:
    Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016:

    "Trump's promises are the needle in America's collective vein... There
    is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is
    cultural heroin... he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they'll
    realize it."


    How can I close that previous post without pausing to throw Nikki Haley
    under the bus, while I'm at it? Virulently anti-Trump, until she
    flipped and endorsed him lovingly and whole-heartedly.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jul 16 01:32:50 2024
    On 2024-07-16, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:
    Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016:

    "Trump's promises are the needle in America's collective vein... There
    is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is
    cultural heroin... he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they'll
    realize it."

    Well, he's going to fit right into this political team then. Nobody has
    a principled stand on anything, and just say whatever it takes to win, reversing position as necessary.

    Hillbilly Elegy my ass.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jul 16 11:45:25 2024
    On Mon, 15 Jul 2024, JAB wrote:

    Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016:

    "Trump's promises are the needle in America's collective vein... There
    is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is
    cultural heroin... he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they'll
    realize it."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/


    Be warned that the atlantic is a socialist rag, so please don't take
    anything they say seriously. It is very low quality.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jul 16 07:23:33 2024
    On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:45:25 +0200, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Mon, 15 Jul 2024, JAB wrote:

    Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016:

    "Trump's promises are the needle in America's collective vein... There
    is no self-reflection in the midst of a false euphoria. Trump is
    cultural heroin... he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they'll
    realize it."

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/opioid-of-the-masses/489911/


    Be warned that the atlantic is a socialist rag, so please don't take
    anything they say seriously. It is very low quality.

    Who is James David Vance?

    Note "Vance wrote for The Atlantic in 2016"

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 17 11:47:59 2024
    On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 01:33:51 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <[email protected]d> wrote:

    How can I close that previous post without pausing to throw Nikki Haley
    under the bus, while I'm at it?

    Nikki Haley Feb. 2024: "I feel no need to kiss the ring...My own
    political future is of zero concern."

    Nikki Haley July 2024: "Trump has my strong endorsement."

    https://x.com/AccountableGOP/status/1813585334967456220

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