Interesting thread.
I think we are getting closer to a collective realization that Trump merely declared in advance he would be the winner and any result to the contrary would be false.
Then a wide network hatched elaborate schemes based on that premise.
I think we are getting closer to a collective realization that Trump merely declared in advance he would be the winner and any result to the contrary would be false.
Then a wide network hatched elaborate schemes based on that premise.
https://twitter.com/asharangappa_/status/1482384084433313795
Basically, when Trump declared that any negative result would be fraudulent, he activated his entire network of flying monkeys to try to corrupt their parts of the process.
Whether that was state electors, attorneys general, his staff and cronies, conservative media, etc…
Whether that was state electors, attorneys general, his staff and cronies, conservative media, etc…
Trump signaled that any loss should be wiped out by everything from undermining credibility to wholly cheating.
And then his flying monkeys went off and made myriad attempts ranging from large-scale conspiracies (multistate conspiracies) to local interference.
And then his flying monkeys went off and made myriad attempts ranging from large-scale conspiracies (multistate conspiracies) to local interference.
I haven’t talked about Trump’s narcissism in a long time because he hasn’t been relevant.
However, now that we’re looking back…
In the lead-up to 1/6, his worshipful little flock would absolutely want to plead him.
However, now that we’re looking back…
In the lead-up to 1/6, his worshipful little flock would absolutely want to plead him.
And Trump would get narcissistic fuel from them even trying to corrupt the election.
He would practically REQUIRE IT to survive for two reasons:
1) It would dull the shame of losing if others didn’t believe he did.
2) It would affirm his power and specialness.
He would practically REQUIRE IT to survive for two reasons:
1) It would dull the shame of losing if others didn’t believe he did.
2) It would affirm his power and specialness.
So, every time someone ran to him with some scheme to undo the election results, Trump would rubber stamp it because his primitive narcissistic personality disordered brain LOVED it.
And he didn’t care if those people broke the law or got caught or went to jail.
And he didn’t care if those people broke the law or got caught or went to jail.
In a way, Trump is the Mr. Magoo of Mussolini’s.
He is a fucking idiot. He is a legitimately stupid human being. However, his primitive little lizard brain is good at manipulating people and turning them into worshipful little servants.
He is a fucking idiot. He is a legitimately stupid human being. However, his primitive little lizard brain is good at manipulating people and turning them into worshipful little servants.
Trump is incapable of the long game. His brain is literally incapable of multi-step strategies that require any degree of postponement of his narcissistic impulses.
He didn’t hatch these long, involved schemes. He fomented an environment of complete corruption and clapped.
He didn’t hatch these long, involved schemes. He fomented an environment of complete corruption and clapped.
His involvement throughout puts him in the thick of it but that dumdum couldn’t hatch a clever plot if you gave him a map, all of the world’s crayons, and a copy of Idiot’s Guide to Hatching Clever Plots.
He wound up all the toy soldiers and then sent them off.
He wound up all the toy soldiers and then sent them off.
And like all narcissists, as his involvement becomes more clear, he will throw each and every one of them under the bus.
The thing is… per the above, Trump’s narcissism would make him love EVERY idea someone pitched to undo the election.
And he’d encourage them all.
The thing is… per the above, Trump’s narcissism would make him love EVERY idea someone pitched to undo the election.
And he’d encourage them all.
So, while we know about the multistate electors and Oath Keepers, this was not a top-down conspiracy. It wasn’t hierarchical.
It was more like a loose confederacy of independent networks all launching their own efforts.
It’s like a Marvel movie where all the bad guys get out.
It was more like a loose confederacy of independent networks all launching their own efforts.
It’s like a Marvel movie where all the bad guys get out.
They’re all doing bad shit at the same time. They aren’t working in concert.
That is among my concerns with Garland’s bottom-up approach.
Thoroughly investigating a single conspiracy or small number of them misses a wide array of fairly easily found corruption.
That is among my concerns with Garland’s bottom-up approach.
Thoroughly investigating a single conspiracy or small number of them misses a wide array of fairly easily found corruption.
For every major initiative to overturn the election that we learn about, there are many, many more we didn’t from large-scale to grassroots.
That is what a narcissist like Trump actually wants, needs, and foments.
An army all fighting for him - even if they lose.
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That is what a narcissist like Trump actually wants, needs, and foments.
An army all fighting for him - even if they lose.
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