Perfect metaphor for Donald Trump and his MAGA loyalists

[Scholar]

 

 

If you watch this channel, you realize that the scammers who rely on old gullible grandmothers actually themselves are profoundly gullible. It's amazing that this can be the case, because you would think someone who is scamming people all day long would have some sort of sense for what is and isn't a scam. But that's not the case, these people function under the same desperation that they exploit in their victims.

This immediately made me think of Trump and all his supporters. Not only is Trump a willful scammer, he also himself can be easily scammed, as was reported by close advisors of his, who said that you could basically manipulate him into supporting anything as long as you could convince him he would benefit for it. It also applies to the MAGA crowd, although for most it is less intentional. In essence, the common denominator in them all is that they have a deep desperation that they want to fulfill at all cost, and putting hopes into something that should be clear to anyone else is just a facade that will bring nothing but a waste of time.

They truly believe Trump will rescue them, that he will drain the swamp and bring them whatever they desire. And this promise, this hope, fueled with their delusional desperation, makes them utterly blind to how laughably self-centered Donald Trump actually is. This shows you how easy it is to trick people, and why populism works so well.

 

As long as you can make people fearful and desperate enough, you can sell them anything as long as you give them hope that they will get their reward in the end.

In essence, Trump basically is the personification of a get rich quick scheme.

Edited Wednesday at 07:38 PM by Scholar