🚨🚨Trump just tweeted the Führerprinzip.
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Trump just tweeted the Führerprinzip.He is going to ignore the courts.
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Trump just tweeted the Führerprinzip.
He is going to ignore the courts.
Hi Matt,
This is the sort of thing where I question if it's really news. It is very alarming. It's upsetting and obnoxious. But we all know he telegraphs his every move and does not think that any rules apply to him.
So, in reading this I learn nothing.
And I don't think there is any person for whom this would change their view of him.
To pay attention can be a way to lend a person more power.
We can't ignore actions but his words are trash to me.
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Hi Matt,
This is the sort of thing where I question if it's really news. It is very alarming. It's upsetting and obnoxious. But we all know he telegraphs his every move and does not think that any rules apply to him.
So, in reading this I learn nothing.
And I don't think there is any person for whom this would change their view of him.
To pay attention can be a way to lend a person more power.
We can't ignore actions but his words are trash to me.
I think we must radically reframe the way that we apply our limited attention and energy and we need the help of those who work in reporting to do a better job of this.
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I think we must radically reframe the way that we apply our limited attention and energy and we need the help of those who work in reporting to do a better job of this.
There is some entertainment value in watching powerful people trade insults and say shocking things. Maybe even moment of happiness from a real jerk getting shut down with facts for once.
But, we can't just watch this like it's a tennis match. Or point out how horrible and shocking this thing that was said or that thing that was said might be.
How can I better support people with a chance of resisting "complying" ? How can I be an obstacle to their projects?
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There is some entertainment value in watching powerful people trade insults and say shocking things. Maybe even moment of happiness from a real jerk getting shut down with facts for once.
But, we can't just watch this like it's a tennis match. Or point out how horrible and shocking this thing that was said or that thing that was said might be.
How can I better support people with a chance of resisting "complying" ? How can I be an obstacle to their projects?
@futurebird Thanks for your thoughts. I always like hearing from you.
I agree that oftentimes, Trump's words are meaningless because they are meant to be useless controversies. His comments about Greenland and Canada are examples of this, in my view.
This particular remark echoes something JD Vance has said repeatedly, and also Trump's own court filings, so it actually matches his actions. He is laying the rhetorical groundwork to defy court orders so this matters.
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@futurebird Thanks for your thoughts. I always like hearing from you.
I agree that oftentimes, Trump's words are meaningless because they are meant to be useless controversies. His comments about Greenland and Canada are examples of this, in my view.
This particular remark echoes something JD Vance has said repeatedly, and also Trump's own court filings, so it actually matches his actions. He is laying the rhetorical groundwork to defy court orders so this matters.
I'm just a little frustrated by how the whole word hangs on his every utterance. It strikes me as a kind of unintentional deference. And if he were in the habit of doing what he said, or said less there might be some point given how much power he is trying to bring under his control.
But, he's kind of like a nonsense machine, and keeps all attention glued on his personality to great benefit. It impresses some of his admirers.
What happens if that stops?
