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Written by Odin Halvorson on 2025-01-31 at 17:11

"Worth thinking about how long Tolkien goes on in Return of the King about despair being a weapon, and presenting defeat as a forgone conclusion being a deliberate and effective tactic"

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Written by mike805 on 2025-01-31 at 17:44

@indubitablyodin If that is such an effective tactic, why is it that 8 years of "Trump is doomed and will be in jail any day now" ended with him in the White House?

Because his supporters did not give up the fight.

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Written by astroPug on 2025-01-31 at 18:09

@mike805 @indubitablyodin

Because they didn’t give in, and to be fair, because a lot of fat cats figured that the felon would be their ticket to more power.

And money does give you a fair amount of insulation against despair.

This is a call for us on the left to do the same.

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