Canpakes wrote:Basically, Trump’s approach is, “I’m fleecing the country and enriching myself and my family in ways never seen before, while doing nothing for citizens other than worsening their economic situations through my actions, but because I’m up front about my corruption while telling my voters how special they are, they’ll slavishly adore and support me while I hurt them”.
It’s a bit shocking how easily some people are manipulated through their egos.
That is exactly the approach. Do it as triumphant and in broad daylight as possible. Unfortunately, there's a bit of "both sides" to help understand why it works, in my opinion, so Whiskey might like this one. We've got the school bully at recess pushing the poor kid and taking his lunch money in broad daylight. A few of the bystanders laugh. A few stay silent and look to others to figure out what they should think. And a few are rightfully outraged. One of the outraged students walks right up and lectures the bully. The bully backs down and says, "sorry," and then when the little hero turns away to stomp off, the bully rushes the poor kid and kicks his feet out from him. The kids who laughed really laugh now. The little hero is more outraged and the silent ones are weighing their options, with a few finding the laughter contagious. At least, it's entertaining. So at lunch, as the poor kid is without food, the bully comes around to harass and the crowd is watching and waiting for the little hero to show up with a lecture, which happens. So then, the bully grabs the chocolate milk from the friend sitting next to the poor kid and chugs it, with milk dripping down his face and looking like a total slob, and his base erupts with laughter. More of the quiet ones either find it so outrageous it's funny, or want to be part of the crowd having a good time, or are nervous about becoming a target themselves. More and more kids are drawn to this bully though, as his behavior worsens.
But the friends aren't necessarily safe. The bully will randomly push one of his buddies and yell "psych!" or something, and the kid that gets pushed must carefully figure out how to play it to not appear weak but while also not questioning the authority of the bully. The play could be freaking out and pushing somebody else. It could be laughing about how bad they got f'd up by the push and move on. It could be publicly pulling money from his wallet and handing to the bully in front of everyone and joking, "sorry I was late with this." The bully really likes that last reaction.
Man Steals TV, But Returns Remote.
No kidding eh?
Lost Gospel of Thomas 1:8 - And Jesus said, "what about the Pharisees? They did it too! Wherefore, we shall do it even more!"
