
Originally Posted by
FoxtArt
Not disagreeing (that the wrong people seek office), but the bigger problem is how manipulatable the masses are - including many or even a majority of the GOP. It's not "nobody else would run", it's literally the average voter is subject to having their mind hacked to support someone LIKE DJT in the first place. -- Please note, that is not an insult to a supporter of DJT, it is a comment on psychology (such as how mobile games also are a brain hack).
DJT's winning strategy is literally just to be an asshole. People are too busy dropping a mic to actually support something with values or intelligence, he's an entertaining bully in essence and even the BEST candidates can't crack into the GOP because of it. It's not that a narcissistic egomaniac never runs for president, it's that the narcissistic egomaniacs have a lifetime of experience manipulating and bullying people into doing their bidding.
Not much different than the fact the most successful mobile games are usually ones that activate gambling/addictive centers of the brain.
If DJT insulting things accomplished anything, we'd have colonized the andromeda galaxy by now. Certainly, there are people who target him, and potentially even advertise targeting him, but again, normal people get targeted too (Aaron Swartz, anyone?). The thing about DJT is his manipulation and bullying tactics also make him a target in of itself. The thing is, I don't think a person should be exempted from that. If he talks the talk, then he better walk the walk. I don't recall GWB or any other being targeted like DJT, but then again, I don't recall any of them being the walking asshole that DJT is... some things come full circle.
Is DJT being targeted? Agreed. Is it because of his politics alone? I really don't think so. It's only DJT, not other GOP. E.g. is anyone trying to get Pence prosecuted? And no, he never "cleaned up" any swamp, it's not "the swamp coming for him", DJT is his own swamp.
This is why perhaps I'm far more indifferent than others, I don't really care when assholes struggle in the mire they created for themselves.