Post #4050718
2026-07-24 01:08 UTC
But the Republicans take a blood-and-guts, fire-and-brimstone approach to "criminal justice" that the Democrats can't equal. The Dems want to be the friendly police state, and the GOP therefore has the upper hand over them. They're more honest about the sort of "criminal justice" they say is necessary to keep the common herd safe and tame. But as a result the Republicans perpetually feel like they get the short end of U.S. media however much airtime they're given and however many concessions they're granted.
It's never enough. The GOP's mindset is apocalyptic and that's very hard to sell. Only a relatively small cohort of fanatics likes that stuff, so the Republican marketing has to find ways to sweeten the message a little.
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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-24 01:10
Ronald Reagan was a triumph of Republican #marketing. They lucked into Reagan, who knew he was a failure as a movie star and thus channelled all that spite and festering hatred for Hollywood stardom into political activity, where all spiteful and hateful people end up eventually. It's natural: if you're a failure and can't think of anything to be good at, you enter politics so you can bash the world into a different shape, one that honors your illusions of success. The entire U.S. #conservative sphere is boiling over with resentful failures. (cont'd)