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Cake day: July 20th, 2023

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  • I have a question about this and I hope I’m able to ask it correctly the way it’s sitting in my head.

    I know throughout history there have been strongmen who come to power, promise the world, and don’t deliver.

    I also know about propaganda and its role in the above scenario.

    My question is - if these images are seen by enough people who truly believe what they say - and they’re poor, maybe older, not in a great place overall, etc, and they voted Trump because they believe this…shit….what happens when they don’t deliver?

    If they’re expecting homes and help and a magic, simple solution to all of their problems that never delivers, what happens not only to them psychologically, but also what bigger impact will their reactions have on the country as a whole?

    In the US, I’m not so optimistic we’ll have that moment given the past 8 or so years. There will never be a realization that the Emperor has no clothes but the help will still never arrive. How long can that be sustained, and what happens when it can’t?

    I hope that made sense and I apologize if it doesn’t.