• zd9@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    He has some kind of magical hold on his cult members. Of course the conservative propaganda machine (Fox, Newsmax, OANN, Twitter, TikTok) are so adeptly tuned to keep them brainwashed, but Trump himself is a once in a generation talent for leading the cult.

    Really I’m so impressed at how efficient the propaganda machine keeps the base so angry and so oblivious to reality. It’s completely terrifying, but really really effective.

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      17 hours ago

      The magical hold is simply telling them what they want to hear. They are responding to their racist fascist desires being validated.