Rudy shouldnāt be going through this, Rudy didnāt do anythingā¦but I look at some of the other people, now, I didnāt know a lot of those people. I donāt know that I even met a lot of those people, but some I do. And their lives are destroyed by these maniacs. These are animals, these are vicious animals that have destroyed the lives of these peopleā¦.and they donāt have a lot of money. And some of them did almost nothing; they donāt even know what theyāre being charged for.
Every time. Every single time.
Theyāre too embarrassed by this point to admit they made a mistake (and they see what happens to people like Chris Christie) so they stay with the cult.
Itās also a Reverse Cargo Cult:
I feel like the thing thatās missing about a reverse cargo cult is that a sincere attempt to sell the lie comes first. Once that fails, as it inevitably will (you can only be so insistent in telling people that theyāre not actually hungry and cold before they call you out on it), thatās when the lie about how smart they are to spot the lie and the external comparisons begin.
A lot of people think that scams are always about a conman trying to convince them that theyāre legit. Some scams are, but many take the form of the conman signalling that he actually is running a scam, heās scamming someone you donāt like, and heās going to let you in on the scam if you help him.
The beauty of this kind of scam is the mark isnāt going to check on the conmanās credentials, because the whole point is that heās a shady guy thatās running a scam, and the mark thinks theyāre going to get a share in the loot.
The famous Nigerian Prince scam is like this. Itās obvious that the transaction isnāt legit, the āPrinceā would just use legal means to get the gold out of the country if it were. No need for an internet stranger for a legitimate transfer of gold. Itās obvious that the Prince is doing something shady, but heās going to cut you in on the profits of the shady activity if you help him.
Many people on the right feel like Trump is scamming the libs, scamming the federal government, scamming news media. But not scamming them, because theyāre in on the scam! Pitiful rubesā¦
Exactly. The real scam is making the marks think theyāre in on the con.
Your summation was solid, but the straw airstrip quote might be the worst, watery-yet-needlessly-convoluted analogy I have ever heard.
That youāve ever heard??? I found it somewhat useful.
The Republican Party doesnāt claim to not make mistakes, they do claim that admitting a mistake would in and of itself, be a mistake.
To be embarrassed, theyād have to have a sense of shame or pride.
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