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Originally Posted by aoFrantic
I genuinely think trump is "hitler" in that he is a once every 50-70 years type of fascist figure. The perfect storm that was in place for trump to be elected is very unlikely to be in place for the next rwnj that's rich. Like, Peter Thiel can't be trump. Zuckerberg, Cuban etc aren't corrupt simpletons. You just can't mimic trump like you can't mimic Stalin or hitler. There will eventually be something comparable, but it probably won't be for a very long time.
Yeah, I don't think it is easy to duplicate Trump. I don't pretend to know what it is about him that makes people convinced that he supports their beliefs even though he manifestly doesn't. Maybe it's just the trappings of wealth or whatever, but I tend to think he really is a highly skilled con man. Since nobody here has any clue about the black arts of hucksterism, there's a tendency to be a bit Dunning-Krueger on the subject, just denying that it is hard to do. It's like those people who don't get hip hop at all and are like "Anyone can stand on stage and say words fast!". Yeah, no. Not everyone can be Eminem.
This is not to say either that Trump is some once in a generation protege of hucksterism, but like you said, it's a perfect storm. The idea that you can throw any rich blowhard up there to do the same thing is off the mark imo.