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Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores

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235 points nickcotter | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 08:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mesk ◴[29 Mar 25 10:11 UTC] No.43514243[source]▶
USA, the land of unlimited possibilities...of how to get detained without a process...for expressing opinions...by the government repating that we have finally free speach and the dark ages are gone...while revisiting history to avoid dangerous words such as a 'women'...

And I've thought our wana-be-authorian politicians are greates idiots of all, but there seems to be running some kind of global world competion to find them and let them ruin their countries.

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vkou ◴[29 Mar 25 10:22 UTC] No.43514291[source]▶
The politicians aren't idiots, they don't actually believe anything they say.

The idiots are the people whose support they politicians are courting.

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1. atoav ◴[29 Mar 25 11:25 UTC] No.43514596[source]▶
This was true 8 years ago. Now I wouldn't be so sure about it anymore. I wouldn't make a bet that there isn't a single Republican out there who truly believes in some of the crazy stuff they are saying.

But of course the survival of crazy policies hinges on people willing to elect politicians who will implement them. And that in turn hinges on how well you disinform them.