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Lesson #1: How to Win Friends and Influence Cultists at a Trump Rally
There is a simple justification for why MAGidiots are okay with Trump’s promised dictatorship: ‘The US is not a democracy.’
Journalist: “Do you think Trump is a threat to democracy?”
Trump cultist wearing a dopey red hat and an oversized t-shirt with Trump’s orange visage staring back at us ponders the questions.
“First of all, America is not a democracy. It is a republic.” Others in earshot agree loudly. The cultist takes on a candy-apple glow of pride, feeling as if he has finally established himself as the Revolutionary War citizen soldier he has always fancied himself.
“Okay, good point. Can you tell me the difference between those two?”
The cultist is perplexed, and his brain is forced into no man’s land. It has pried itself out from behind the barbed wire of Fox News/Trumpist slogans and has shifted gears into thinking mode. It is clear to everyone that he has lost balance and his way in this discussion.
“Well, democracy is less about the people than a republic.”
This was an actual conversation. If you are feeling lost by this answer, go to a Trump rally and repeat those words repeatedly…
