3. TIL Contrary to the publicized image of the upbeat patient joking with surgeons,...

TIL Contrary to the publicized image of the upbeat patient joking with surgeons, Ronald Reagan lost half his blood and came within seconds of dying in 1981 when he was gunned down. His true condition was concealed from the public for nearly 30 years.

Trump just says all the quiet shit out loud. GWB and his father did all sorts of shady illegal antidemocratic shit and dogwhistled their racism better but I think it's apples and oranges between them - and Clinton and Obama - as to what's more dangerous.

The status quo fucked enough people and systems up that it delivered us Trump. He didn't happen in a vacuum and if there's nothing in the system or the electorate to stop him then he's really just a continuation anyway. He's just pointing out how shit really works and how vulnerable the whole thing is and how fucked up and divided the people already were. He didn't pull this out of his ass whole cloth. He just exploited what was there.

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