r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/ludba2002 1d ago

They literally can't comprehend the idea that Obama is concerned about the nation as a whole... because they frame every political event as "what's in it for me personally?"

Ayn Rand's ideology has had an enormous negative impact on our country.

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u/Randinator9 Ohio 1d ago

Selfishness cannot comprehend Selflessness

Evil cannot comprehend Good

Death cannot comprehend Life

Darkness doesn't know Light

I could keep going, but I'm sure you get it. Pisses me off that this is literally what Jesus taught and Conservatives (who claim to be Christian) have the most Anti-Christian ideology I've ever seen. Even most Muslims are kinder than these ghouls, and I completely dislike Islam.

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u/Dry-Tough-3099 1d ago

Jesus taught us to put your faith in government? Must have missed that part.

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u/ludba2002 1d ago

John the Baptist called the Sadducees a "brood of vipers". Can't imagine what horrible names he'd have for MAGA folks.

Maimonides said the Sadducees rejected "the Oral Torah as an excuse to interpret the Written Torah in a lenient, personally convenient manner." Interpretation that preserves your selfish ego is your entire game.