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A well funded bad faith candidate will ALWAYS beat any good faith candidate.
Why? You can tell everyone you’ll do exactly what they want you to do.
Muslims: I’ll stop the violence in Gaza instantly, I support a ceasefire. The other guy wants to kill all Palestinians.
Jews: I will support Israel unconditionally. The other guy wants Israel wiped off the map.
And people make the mistake you are: well, he’s running for president. He CANNOT possibly be that corrupt.
And they will vote, in droves, for the demagogue.
That’s why that word exists.
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A well funded bad faith candidate will ALWAYS beat any good faith candidate.
Why? You can tell everyone you’ll do exactly what they want you to do.
Muslims: I’ll stop the violence in Gaza instantly, I support a ceasefire. The other guy wants to kill all Palestinians.
Jews: I will support Israel unconditionally. The other guy wants Israel wiped off the map.
And people make the mistake you are: well, he’s running for president. He CANNOT possibly be that corrupt.
And they will vote, in droves, for the demagogue.
That’s why that word exists.