He does something illegal on a practically daily basis and everyone just kisses his ass. Now I guess he can just continue on and conquer the whole world and kidnap world leaders. Why doesn’t anyone stand up to this asshole?

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    17 days ago

    Part of it is that a good 1/3 the US (give or take) thinks most criticism of him is complete hysteria. To paraphrase, “Trump could save a baby and get roasted for it, something something Bernie Sanders.”

    And that’s because the US news environment is completely shattered and dystopic. Even talking to family directly, you mostly can’t undo years of immersion.

    To be fair, there are a lot of lefty tabloids an influencers that… are kind of hysterical. Or at least present their feeds that way for money.

    Anyway, my point is this distortion turns straight up illegal action into a “debate,” not a violation. It gives Trump political capital and the Republicans under his thumb cover to keep shifting to Overton Window.

    I dunno if you’re in the US, but this is why Epstein is such a thing: conservatives hammered and hammered pedo cabals for years, and all of a sudden, we get a certified one. It’s very “dangerous” as it’s like the only controversy that could break through all that.

    • Kintarian@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      91·
      17 days ago

      I’m in the US and can’t afford to leave and these people scare the shit out of me. All I know to do is keep protesting and voting against these pricks but it almost seems pointless. Not that I’ll stop as long as I’m breathing.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        17 days ago

        Protest Fox News. Protest tabloids.

        And protest Big Tech, above all. Facebook, Google, TikTok to some extent, they’re literally breaking the country apart for a quick buck.

        Nothing is going to change if the root cause doesn’t change.

        • Kintarian@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          17 days ago

          I’m working on De-Googling, looking for places to shop that aren’t owned by evil corporations, attending all the protests in my area, boycotting social media, other than the Fediverse, and always looking to do more.