Was at one point planning a PKDian dystopia w/ an America banning art as in Plato's Republic. Trump is spot on 4 it.https://twitter.com/Rjudicata/status/709638486156967936 …
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Replying to @Hal_Duncan
Wanted to have a crackerbarrel populist Pres to riff off Dick's Talbot Yancy, figured Dubya's dimwit folksiness fitted. Trump: even better.
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Replying to @Hal_Duncan
@Hal_Duncan Talbot Yancy was supposed to be superficially likable. Trump is like the opposite of that1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Hal_Duncan he's an anti-Reagan. He's not for ppl who want to be soothed back to sleep, he's for ppl who want to see the world burn1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Hal_Duncan what always got me abt Reagan was this affect of calm and peace while doing or saying horrific things1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Hal_Duncan Ben Carson is basically Reagan without the magic charisma that makes it work1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@arthur_affect The anti-intellectual > just-plain-stupid undercurrent of folksiness is what always pinged most for me in Yancy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@arthur_affect Yeah, likeable is important in that & Reagan hit the mark par excellence. I think the more you peel the mask though...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@arthur_affect ... the more you get into the charmless ugly stupid nasty underside of folksiness: Reagan > Dubya > Trump.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Hal_Duncan Trump has the same kind of negative charisma Hitler did
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@Hal_Duncan Terry Pratchett called it charisntma2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@Hal_Duncan the perverse attraction to the repulsive1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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