As this seems a gently Left leaning forum — unimportant

Do you think people who are left of the extreme right and Trump to be left leaning? I don't think this forum is very left leaning, I think it's pretty balanced. But it is generally the case that conservatives on the right don't care about rational reasoning or established science. This is built into what it means to be a conservative, i.e the established values of the past are more important than what any science or reasoning in the present says.

So when a forum is dedicated to rational reasoning, scientific scrutiny and philosophical discussion, it tends to clean out much of the narrow thinking that the conservative right, by design, does.

It is fundamentally impossible to be truly philosophical and also adhere to a conservative right-wing ideology as that positioning is evangelically rigid.

With that said, the Trump regime and MAGA cult does however not work according to conservative rightwing values and ideas. They're essentially without any ideas or visions. If you actually track what they say over time, there's no structure, no center point; they essentially pick up any topic and go in any direction that builds their community, especially if it organizes them against something or some people.

It is the behaviors of a cult, taken advantage of by a leader (or rather, leaders) who know how to manipulate and steer them in order to have support for whatever vile agenda they put forward. It's the same for Trump, RFK and everyone at the top.

It's no wonder that the MAGA movement have grown out of evangelical christian fundamentalists. If you want to have a following that will take a bullet for you, then rein in the gullible religious people into your influence and you will have a following that will support you in whatever you say.

Normal republicans, or people on the right need to wake up to the fact that Trump and his cult is a cancer on their side. The problem is that the republican party is so filled with people who are just interested in their own journey as politicians that they bend over for this cult as long as they can continue this journey.

Most of them are so blind to the consequences of this that they will realize too late that they've been dragged down into the lunatic wing of the right.

Trump is kind of silly and people don't take him seriously. Well a lot do since he is elected. — unimportant

It doesn't matter if people take him seriously or not. His policies hurt people, his policies and decisions have lead to the deaths of people. I think it's important not to be blind by the indirect causes of his actions and decisions, and the actions and decisions of people around him.

Just because he's a laughing stock doesn't mean the consequences of his decisions and actions are.

The entire entity that is the MAGA right and Trump and his closest in power, is in fact a fascist movement. And as such shouldn't be taken lightly.

Historically, it's the apathy of the people that brings forth fascism, acting only when it's too late to act.

The political advantage of RFK for T is that he pulled in the people who believe those kind of stories. That is it.

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The political advantage of RFK for T is that he pulled in the people who believe those kind of stories. That is it. — Paine

You're referring to conspiracy theorists - a large segment of Trump's base. Had RFK stayed in the race, he could have pulled some of them away from Trump.

It seems clear that such an appeal to the base is still high on the agenda.