Since Trump’s election, gun groups catering to progressives and people of color report a surge in interest as they look to defend themselves in a country that, to them, feels increasingly unstable.

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    22 hours ago

    Interesting that you think illegal kidnapping, unabated corruption, and disassembly of government institutions is theater.

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      20 hours ago

      I can say safely that it’s set in the context of theater with all the propaganda flying around, but there are real things happening through carefully crafted circumstances and framing. If you understood my intentions you would realize what I really meant instead of smearing me.

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          19 hours ago

          Fair enough. A criminal reality show host becoming president in 2016 was the moment where I began holding this perspective if that interests you.

          Trump has power because he knows how to work his base. It’s undeniable to me that a person who understands television and building one of the biggest cults ever in history isn’t still performing, on some levels.

          The propaganda is so good nobody in his base realizes he has cognitive decline and isn’t fit for office. It’s a gargantuan effort to make propaganda this good - there’s a lot of people whose jobs are literally spinning everything to fit their preferred narrative and selling it to their far-right base.

          Even liberal mainstream media is responsible for constantly sanewashing Trump and this administration.