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Alice Kramden

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1. From the article - very illuminating

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 09:12 AM

Mar 27

Quote from Timothy Snyder -

"...the logic of sadopopulism is that pain is a resource. Sadopopulist leaders like Trump use that pain to create a story about who's actually at fault. The way politics works in that model is that government doesn't solve your problems, it blames your problems on other people — and it creates the cycle that goes around over and over and over again."

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Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them - Salon [View all] justaprogressive Mar 27 OP

From the article - very illuminating Alice Kramden Mar 27 #1

Miserable, hopeless dark triad types. Want everyone to be as miserable as they are. * 617Blue Mar 27 #2

Miserable and green with jealousy. Even when they get everything they say they want travelingthrulife Mar 27 #11

Resentment, envy, jealousy - malignant misanthropy. 617Blue Mar 27 #14

Glad he's distraught XanaDUer2 Mar 27 #3

So basically they're not leaving him XanaDUer2 Mar 27 #4

Which is why we need to ignore them and focus on getting millions of others to vote instead Blue_Adept Mar 27 #6

You need an inspirational figure for that. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 27 #12

That's right. Mariana Mar 27 #10

It's a religious cult nt newdeal2 Mar 27 #5

They cannot admit they are wrong, valleyrogue Mar 27 #7

It's a "must-read" article. It's all the psychology of the magas. Our common reality doesn't effect them. lindysalsagal Mar 27 #8

That was a fantastic article - thanks for posting! GaYellowDawg Mar 27 #9

These people should be called sadophiles Mr. Sparkle Mar 27 #13