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/4dailyuseonly Chahta 1d ago

Does no good to point out the hypocrisy anymore. Fascists like Donald ABSOLUTELY LOVE the fact they can do things others cannot. It emboldens them.

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u/Theso 1d ago

Correct. They don't care about intellectual consistency (and neither do their supporters), because they have concluded it doesn't matter. They care about gaining and exercising power, through whatever means. Your opposition needs to be direct and through action in your community, not spent pontificating about hypocrisy in the hopes that they'll notice they're dishonest and come around.