• @Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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    2010 months ago

    The public demands that his mugshot and photos of him in cuffs and in an orange jumpsuit are released.

    Seeing him stripped of his fancy suit is the equivalent to what the Allies did to the emperor of Japan at the end of WW2. Before and during the war, the people of japan saw their emperor nearly as a god figure. Easy to justify the idea of kamikaze missions and not surrendering and not admitting defeat if they are in defense of a deity. When Japan lost, the Allies quickly moved to portray the emperor as just another regular old person to kill off that “god-like” image of the emperor’s.

    With how so many MAGAts see Trump as their lord emperor since they have been blinded by images of him with his jets and fancy suits and gold-plated toilet, seeing him in prison outfit can help crush Donald’s image of being rich, powerful and untouchable.

    Remember folks: We aren’t fighting a war of reality here. Image (real or otherwise) is just as important as the facts.

      • @Hazdaz@lemmy.world
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        110 months ago

        There are different levels of delusion. There are some core supporters that won’t change their minds no matter what. But that doesn’t represent the entire Republican Party. All we have to start doing is start chipping away at those on the edges. Those that voted for him, but maybe lost a few relatives to COVID and now that the adrenaline of chanting “lock her up” has passed, they are realizing that they lost their job and all their family is on their case. It isn’t an all-or-nothing situation. Some of these people can indeed wake up from the mass hysteria.