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Apparently this happened three weeks ago and the news is just coming out now. Winston Peters as usual has no idea what is happening and is too busy licking Trump's boots to actually say or do anything.

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[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

He is absolutely weak. "When small men cast long shadows" type of thing. ☹️ Like I said, it doesn't mean he's not very very dangerous...

[-] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 22 hours ago

He is not weak because he wields the largest economy and military in the world.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Yeah. I'm just talking about his character on a personal level, not about the danger he represents on a factual level. Other people who have much stronger character set up solid systems which are terrifyingly effective, and now this brain damaged child is in charge of a lot of them. It's not a good situation.

[-] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 hours ago

Who cares about your assessment of his character though? He is in charge and he wields immense power and is using that power to destroy democracy and to advance a christian nationalist and fascist agenda.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Because it matters quite a bit for what sort of damage a person will do, what their overall character and their motivations are. Stalin is different from Hitler is different from Tito is different from Andrew Jackson is different from the kid from "It's a Good Life." Trump's a little bit unprecedented in terms of how incapable he is on a personal level as contrasted with the almost unimaginable power he wields. It's relevant for talking about what sort of damage he will do and what options people have in terms of resisting it.

It seems like this is one of those internet arguments where I'm agreeing with you, and then trying to add something else the scope of which is a little different from the thing you're saying, and then you're saying "NO YOU DON'T GET IT [repeating the original point I agreed with]" for multiple messages. Like the only template you can understand is if someone's response is "Oh yes you are correct and I have nothing to add."

Good luck with future conversations, I feel like you must be fun at parties.

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