• barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    17 hours ago

    I mean Trump’s an extremely unpopular billionaire who had at least 2 people try to kill him in the last year, he may be an idiot but I think he understands that emboldening people to go after hated billionaires has a good chance of getting him got.

    • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      15 hours ago

      I don’t think he would at all.

      But if he was actually a cunning fascist instead of a bumbling distractable one, it could be a strategic move, be a nod to general populism and ordinary people’s discontent, a sign to his followers they might be pardoned for their random targeted violence (more likely to be on progressives and minorities) and a thraat to national bourgeoisie to get behind him for protection.

      It feels like something someone Putin would do. Pardon the guy. Film himself dressing down the executives and limiting them to only a 500% overcharge.

      • communism@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        The main downside of that is that USAmerican democrat voters might become less supportive of the shooter if they start associating support with Trumpism.