• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    This is one of the aspects of MAGA that feels most alien to me. I see entire shops dedicated to Trump merch (fuck living in a red state). That’s so fucking weird. Bernie was cool, Obama… Had a nice personality, and mamdani seems pretty rad. I’d still never even think of buying more than a bumper sticker to show support for these people. They are politicians, not pop stars.

    They aren’t supposed to be fawned over, they’re supposed to work a government job.

    Why the fuck would I tie a foundational part of my personality and identity to a policy maker? That’s dumb as shit, especially coming from a group heavily invested in a religion that specifically forbids worshipping false idols.

      • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        It seems so classically gatekeeping to say “populism” because it implies that just because its popular with people it’s bad. Trump attracts grifters. They call themselves “entrepreneur” or “business minded” but it’s all a big ecosystem of ideology driven spending. It isn’t “popular with people” - it’s madness overtaking the gullible and uncurious.

        Each and every one of his followers are ardent dollar chasers who see themselves as deserving of the same treatment as the wealthy elites. They are all at varying stages of luck and yet none will admit that luck has anything to do with success. They are delusional, not popular.

        So it isn’t “populism” that drives merch. It’s the echo chamber of greed.

        • justaman123@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          And wearing the glint makes their lives easier because when anyone sees their colors they know exactly what to expect from them. If they are ok with it then they might be a mark and if they are repulsed then they know not to waste their time.

    • marcos@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I honestly don’t understand the people that gets pop-stars merch either…

      But at least, they liking somebody because they sing well is objectively less weird.

  • shittydwarf@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Think of all the things you could be doing with that money! You could be losing it all at the:

    Clinton casino (bankrupt)
    Clinton casino (bankrupt)
    Clinton casino (bankrupt)
    Clinton casino (bankrupt)
    Clinton casino (bankrupt)

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Not to mention all the family and friends who no longer speak to me because of my fanatical, belligerent support for Bill Clinton.