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Isherwood  ·  2520 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Rise of the Liberal Conspiracy Theorist

There's an interesting season of painting a person as a one dimensional character - Clinton is so power mad she'll sacrifice anything, including another person's life, to push her global agenda - Trump is some enigmatic combination of idiot savant, a lord of mastering the message and literally nothing else.

Once those characters are cast into the story, this supporting cast springs up - one of which is the truth seeking conspiracy theorist. But it doesn't seem to set in until the main character is dangerous. Trump didn't get his conspiracy theorist until he won the white house.