• Trump and his supporters are slamming Joe Biden for quitting the race and endorsing Kamala Harris.
  • Some members of MAGA world are bemoaning the millions of dollars spent running against Joe Biden.
  • Biden’s withdrawal also means Trump is now the oldest candidate in the presidential race.
    • Machinist@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Wild huh? Hunter Thompson wrote about it once, and then it was in the movie version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Got warped around to what it is now.

      There is a large chunk of the US population that believes this shit or things adjacent to it. 30% or so, I think. I’ve lost many people to it.

      Check out Qanon Qausilties on Reddit. It’s a cult, that’s a mental illness, that’s a political movement. Useful for the fascists. Very dangerous. Very sad.

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      4 months ago

      It’s a real substance the body makes, but it can also be synthesized. As such, people have taken it to try it out. Iirc it isn’t even a fun high, so they started making up that children make “better” versions or something.

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        4 months ago

        It’s just blood libel with the label scrapped off. Until you dig deeper into right wing conspiracies, then it’s just regular blood libel.