• @idiomaddict
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    301 month ago

    My favorite part of this is thinking about how much 2010 brand would have made fun of 2024 brand. I didn’t love 2010 brand, but I hope he realizes how much he would disappoint his past self.

    • @[email protected]
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      231 month ago

      You think his 2010 views were more authentic than his 2024 views? He’s always been a grifter, he’s just found a more lucrative market segment

      • @idiomaddict
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        211 month ago

        I think he once believed in things and now lies for a living, less successfully than he has in the past.

        • @Wrench
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          1 month ago

          He believed in attention for himself. He got that by grandstanding on white knight activism.

          Whether or not he believed in his soapbox topics is unclear.

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        21 month ago

        None of the upsides of a worldwide lurch into fascism is it makes it easier to see who had principles and who was just pretending. There are downsides, however.