• 5too@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    There’s a lot of ways of expressing unrest, and many of them are aimed at expressing a widespread lack of support for the regime. This hits them in their own support base, and is a big part of why they push back so hard on them.

    Trump is a massive narcissist, that’s why he’s getting his signature on the cash in the first place. To someone like that, the idea that something so rewarding for him could be “perverted” like this, with the whole world seeing just what people really think of him, is a nightmare! And that’s the point - to keep reminding him of just how unpopular he is, and keep him reactive instead of proactive.

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      9 days ago

      and many of them are aimed at expressing a widespread lack of support for the regime.

      No, many are aimed at expressing widespread consequences for the regime.

      This hits them in their own support base

      It literally doesn’t. They don’t give a fuck what you think.

      and keep him reactive instead of proactive.

      Yes, because that prevented him from launching a war on the other side of the world and putting ICE in airports…