So like, if instead of musk and zuckerburg, it were a 1990s George Clooney? The smug bastard…
I think it’s much sadder (more sad? saddest) that people fall for such absurd douche bags. If they would at least be sexy and seem smart you could understand how people could be fooled but this is just too hard to watch.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Tournesol@feddit.fr 1 day ago
I'll hate him just as much… much damn does he look good doing it.
theneverfox@pawb.social 1 day ago
Propoganda fucking works, simple as that
Billionaires just buy good press and publicists to manage their image, it’s so effective they believe it themselves
BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People will kiss anyone’s ass for enough money.
frickineh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah like, they have negative charisma, so it’s extra baffling. I cannot imagine a world in which I’d support Donald Trump, but definitely not in this one where he routinely shits his own diaper. If he was only disgusting mentally but was a good speaker or handsome or whatever, it would make at least a little more sense
charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I think they relate better to douchey, stupid people which allows them to more easily imagine themselves being rich one day.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
I think it’s dangerous to imagine people follow these folks, or let them run rampant over society, because they aspire to be like them. That makes it so much harder to really understand why people support them, or even just refuse to tell them “no”, and makes it impossible to do anything about it.
People believe that life is a meritocracy. Even when they themselves can look around at the people near them and see that those in positions of power don’t deserve it, they still view society as a whole as “fair”. Yes, they personally have may have gotten screwed over, but, in general, the people who float to the top got there because they were smarter and more capable. Therefore, we should sit back and just let them cook.
They need some kind of trigger to see the billionaires not as people who have earned their place, but who have stolen it.
suite403@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Negative charisma means they can’t be the anti-christ! So we’re golden! Tada!