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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14 days
Publicly Trump and his allies say X. Privately (to the media, to report publicly), they say Y (quite obviously to help continue fomenting chaos among their opponents, many of whom fucking eat it up and say more please).
Avatar Will Oremus @oremus.bsky.social · 14 days
“Publicly, Trump and his allies have dismissed suggestions that Biden could withdraw from the race, insisting that it is too late for Democrats to change course. Privately, they… feel it could be harder to beat another Democrat who is not Biden or Harris.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump advisers hope Biden stays in race, as they eye alternate scenarioswww.washingtonpost.com After dismissing suggestions the president could withdraw, the Trump campaign is beginning to consider having to reboot the campaign.
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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 14 days
This is a complex technique known as lying to morons who will repeat the lie.
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chatham harrison is tending a new garden @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 14 days
Worse, they're not morons. They're smart people who can repeat the lie more palatably than Republicans ever could. Tricking smart people is much easier than smart people like to believe
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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 14 days
We can agree to disagree on the mental capacity of the average political journalist.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14 days
People who didn’t logic themselves into a position won’t logic themselves out of it, but goddamn at the point when you’re like “stupid people agree with me and Donald Trump told the media to tell me that actually he’s very scared of the thing I want” you need to take a step back.