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In what is supposed to be a rational society, people keep on stumbling over their need to worship somebody, and instead of giving a prolonged chance to the boring type of elected government nerds of places like Denmark and the Netherlands - most resembled by Democrats - the lazy thinkers keep getting bored by them, while the crazy and/or greedy other half keeps getting mesmerized by figures like that Bedtime For Bonzo mediocre actor, the fake cowboy of New Hampshire, the orange parasite with an emperor complex.

All this while state and federal legislative bodies are buzzing with the constant hollow reactionary rage of republican demagogues, con men, closeted homosexuals, ideological crazies, etc, you name it, constantly sabotaging every and all well-meaning initiatives, then blaming Democrats for it, which enough bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe idiots are going to believe because they read some goddamned tweets and never bothered to fact check, from the ivory tower of their truthiness purity.

He isn't 'charasmatic'...

Hitler was charismatic and charming

Dont vote on charms. Vote on what is right

Go into the woods, find a deer, follow it

you've found your deer leader

I'll never understand anyone who thinks Trump is charismatic. The creature is positively grating, not only in content but also in delivery.

OMNG DEMORCAT so bad SO BAD i'm crying. HAET HOR BIDEN so bad so bad voet 3RD PARTY YERAH BROw

Same energy as "I have a breeding fetish but I don't ever want kids."

“Charismatic” fuck off. He’s just a cunt who allows the other cunts to stop pretending. Fucking worthless traitor filth.

I just want a 'dear leader' like the fascists have, is that so wrong?

Yes.

I don't want a cult leader, I want someone who takes their role as a public servant seriously.

I think looking for the polar opposite is a misstep. We want a leader. Someone that can unify us and make things happen. This isn't a grudge match or a sporting event. That's what they want as politicians.

As a citizen I want our government to help us by making decisions that help everyone involved. Keeping businesses here to keep money in the community and checking those companies when they are violating basic rights of those people.

I really don't think it's too much to ask.

Unironically, I think this is part of the big appeal of fascism and fascistic movements.

People need something to belong to. People need brothers and sisters who see the world the same way they do, who will support them if they're in trouble, and will ask in exchange for trust and respect and support from their side. It's part of life. If you don't have that, something inside you is missing and it'll never feel settled. Nothing about any of that is wrong -- it's how people are designed to live, in a little village with people they know well and can depend on. It's right.

Outside your family (if you're lucky), that just doesn't exist in America. Daily life is bullshit. It's coworkers who, let's be honest, mostly don't give a shit, and you don't either, and everyone understands that it's all a bunch of crap and a big waste of time (unless you're very lucky). Every day doesn't matter. You and the people around you and the interactions you have with them, in the final analysis are pretty much a waste of time. But you need money, so you keep getting up and doing it anyway. But something feels very wrong, even if after a while you go numb, and you write off that numbness as "growing up" and "the real world."

And then, here comes this grouping, maybe with some friends of yours in it, and it's got an epic mission and an epic struggle. And, people aren't just talking -- they're doing it. They're going out on the streets and having rallies, and they bail each other out if someone gets arrested, and they talk about people who are in the thick of it who are finally fighting to make things better (and, let's be honest, no one anywhere can say that things in America don't need a ton of help). When they hang out, they have stuff they can talk about and get passionate about, and get confirmation that they're on the same team. There's risk. There's decision. And, most importantly, there are allies.

It's like pornography for that need for belonging. And so for the first time in your life, something feels right that never did before.

I saw an old, old German man in an interview talking about going to Nazi rallies when he was young. He said, of course now I understand how wrong it was and all the suffering we caused. And of course we all suffered terribly, after the war, because of what we'd done. But even now today sitting with you, I can think back to that time and that electric feeling, going to those massive rallies with all my people, and everyone shouting and singing all together, and Hitler up in front -- in person -- on the PA in his piercing, passionate voice... and I miss it. I wish I could go back, because it was wonderful.

democrats only pretend to hate fascism. they secretly love it just as much as the GOP. our country has been closet fascist for a very long time now

I can not figure out how people see him as charismatic. His voice grates my ears, he’s objectively ugly, wears poorly fitting clothing, and half them time when he’s speaking you can’t understand what it is that he’s trying to communicate. Like when people say he’s charismatic, it feels to me like they might as well say “have you met this pus filled boil? It’s so charming”.