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[–] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The pool is news because it is a very understandable and approachable subject. Most people believe they could handle a pool, and if it turns out trump can't even manage a pool (with all the power of the government at his disposal), then some of the MAGAs finally start thinking that trump may not be Presidential material.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You think at this point that these people can think rationally?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yeah, these people are fighting an epic battle of good and evil and logic is aligned with the evil forces.

    Talking to some of them, there seems to be a belief that even if everything looks like it's going horribly wrong, then that must be a sign too that the plan is coming together differently than they thought...

    It's really fatalistic and tied up in the prosperity gospel/American mythos/calvanism. This can be a real shorthand for "everything is how it's supposed to be because God controls the minutia of our lives so how about a thank you." It's how they whip the rank and file voters.

    The irony is that

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