- 25 Jan 2022 11:41
#15208765
To be fair a lot of the attraction of Biden as a candidate was that he shared characteristics with Trump. His similarites with Trump were seen as increasing his electability. Both Trump and Biden behave like Medieval monarchs demanding deference and subordination from journalists. Biden like Trump is somewhat unique. He was and remains well to the left of Obama. He's pretty Woke, but manages to combine this with crass political incorrectness that would make most Republicans blanch.
Both Trump and Biden, whether by accident or design practice what in psychology is called flooding therapy. If you say something political incorrect or something that transgresses the norms of politics. It causes a lot of outrage. But if you magnify that by a 100, it doesn't magnify the outrage by a 100, if anything it reduces it.
Both Trump and Biden have been incredibly successful politicians. I might be wrong about this but I'm not convinced that either really gets their respective parties anywhere long term. Who can replace Trump? Who can replace Biden? I can't see any potential replacement really being able to get away with their transgressive styles.
Last edited by Rich on 25 Jan 2022 12:41, edited 1 time in total.
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