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This doesn't warrant a mic drop moment, so here's some text to cushion the blow.

In a certain light these groups could be seen as having a yin-yang dynamic in the sense that both can be characterized as fundamentally lacking talent but one wallows in it and the other sees it as a gimmick.

Questions: Is a dude who smells but generally endeavours to stay out of your way than an ideological fuckboy with clout chasing tendencies? could any of these people have failed become the kind of person who votes for Trump?

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[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I’d like to throw Libertarians in that same cess pool.

90% of them don’t know what Libertarian means, besides no taxes or regulations they don’t share any of the beliefs around personal liberty. They looove jack booted facist shit aimed at the left and minorities all in the name of law and order.

They will hide behind it as a defense mechanism to side step any accountability for their voting record now that the Republican brand is completely fucked.

“Ohh I voted for him but Trump doesn’t represent my beliefs, I’m a libertarian.”

You are going to see a lot of hard core Republicans claiming to be something else as Trumps approval rating sinks further below 30%.