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Trump Incredibly Claims He Never Heard The Word ‘Mugshot’ Before He Had His Taken: ‘They Didn’t Teach Me That’ At Wharton (www.mediaite.com)

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Rudy shouldn’t be going through this, Rudy didn’t do anything…but I look at some of the other people, now, I didn’t know a lot of those people. I don’t know that I even met a lot of those people, but some I do. And their lives are destroyed by these maniacs. These are animals, these are vicious animals that have destroyed the lives of these people….and they don’t have a lot of money. And some of them did almost nothing; they don’t even know what they’re being charged for.

Every time. Every single time.

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[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

They’re too embarrassed by this point to admit they made a mistake (and they see what happens to people like Chris Christie) so they stay with the cult.

It’s also a Reverse Cargo Cult:

In a regular cargo cult, you have people who see an airstrip, and the cargo drops, so they build one out of straw, hoping for the same outcome. They don’t know the difference between a straw airstrip and a real one, they just want the cargo.

In a reverse cargo cult, you have people who see an airstrip, and the cargo drops, so they build one out of straw. But there’s a twist:

When they build the straw airstrip, it isn’t because they are hoping for the same outcome. They know the difference, and know that because their airstrip is made of straw, it certainly won’t yield any cargo, but it serves another purpose. They don’t lie to the rubes and tell them that an airstrip made of straw will bring them cargo. That’s an easy lie to dismantle. Instead, what they do is make it clear that the airstrip is made of straw, and doesn’t work, but then tell you that the other guy’s airstrip doesn’t work either. They tell you that no airstrips yield cargo. The whole idea of cargo is a lie, and those fools, with their fancy airstrip made out of wood, concrete, and metal is just as wasteful and silly as one made of straw.

1980s Soviets knew that their government was lying to them about the strength and power of their society, the Communist Party couldn’t hide all of the dysfunctions people saw on a daily basis. This didn’t stop the Soviet leadership from lying. Instead, they just accused the West of being equally deceptive. “Sure, things might be bad here, but they are just as bad in America, and in America people are actually foolish enough to believe in the lie! Not like you, clever people. You get it. You know it is a lie.”

Trump’s supporters don’t care about being lied to. You can point out the lies until you’re blue in the face, but it makes no difference to them. Why? Because it is just a game to them. The media lies, bloggers lie, politicians lie, it’s just all a bunch of lies. Facts don’t matter because those are lies also. Those trolls on Twitter, 4Chan, T_D, etc. are just having a good laugh. They are congratulating each other for being so smart. We are fools for still believing in anything. There is no cargo, and probably never was.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

I feel like the thing that's missing about a reverse cargo cult is that a sincere attempt to sell the lie comes first. Once that fails, as it inevitably will (you can only be so insistent in telling people that they're not actually hungry and cold before they call you out on it), that's when the lie about how smart they are to spot the lie and the external comparisons begin.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

A lot of people think that scams are always about a conman trying to convince them that they're legit. Some scams are, but many take the form of the conman signalling that he actually is running a scam, he's scamming someone you don't like, and he's going to let you in on the scam if you help him.

The beauty of this kind of scam is the mark isn't going to check on the conman's credentials, because the whole point is that he's a shady guy that's running a scam, and the mark thinks they're going to get a share in the loot.

The famous Nigerian Prince scam is like this. It's obvious that the transaction isn't legit, the "Prince" would just use legal means to get the gold out of the country if it were. No need for an internet stranger for a legitimate transfer of gold. It's obvious that the Prince is doing something shady, but he's going to cut you in on the profits of the shady activity if you help him.

Many people on the right feel like Trump is scamming the libs, scamming the federal government, scamming news media. But not scamming them, because they're in on the scam! Pitiful rubes...

[-] meldroc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The real scam is making the marks think they're in on the con.

[-] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Your summation was solid, but the straw airstrip quote might be the worst, watery-yet-needlessly-convoluted analogy I have ever heard.

[-] Default@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

That you've ever heard??? I found it somewhat useful.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

The Republican Party doesn't claim to not make mistakes, they do claim that admitting a mistake would in and of itself, be a mistake.

[-] Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

To be embarrassed, they'd have to have a sense of shame or pride.

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