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Some Trump supporters who invested in his social media company have seen their share values plunge -— and see it as a test of faith

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow. Nothing like integrating religion, politics, and finance into one big ball of disappointment. Good luck with that.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

This type of person doesn't particularly like any sort of de-integrated thinking in my experience. If you think of something in one way, then everything else ends up being thought of in a similar fashion. That's partly how you end up with so much entertainment media influence in their day-to-day considerations of more real, serious matters.

Once you add in avoidance of things you'd rather not think about, it ends up as a very low cognitive dissonance load, which I think is a major part of the appeal.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

Hey. Trump has big plans, it's gonna explode. You'll see!

/s

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I posted a gift link as the top-level link, so people shouldn't be hitting the paywall for the next couple weeks anyways. (Note: if you're viewing through Mastodon rather than lemmy, you'll need to have clicked the link, rather than the preview to bypass the paywall, as Mastodon strips off the paywall-bypass token on the preview link)

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe my ClearURLs browser extension stripped the personally identifiable Information (PII) tracking fields from your URL.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's possible, depending on how that works. I recommend disabling it for news sites, as gift links are pretty common.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks, but I only use “gift” links as a last resort, when I have no other way to get past a paywall.

[–] Haus@kbin.social 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So, they're dying of old age, the beetus, and the "China Flu". They're giving their money to televangelists, psychics, and short-sellers. And they're still giving Biden a run for his money. Smh.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 17 points 7 months ago

Their votes count more than ours. That's how trump happened in the first place

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would surmise that Jeff Yass, Ken Griffin, Donald himself and the other big money behind this stock all took short positions before running it into the ground.

Fleecing the Trump supporters like shearing a sheep bare skin.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 7 months ago

Trump has a pile of stock which he's not allowed to sell until six months after trading started. It's more that this becomes a vehicle for the super-wealthy to bribe him if he is elected again — they can do an open market purchase, with Trump selling to them.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

They're going to get fuuuuuuuuucked.

Poor bastards.

[–] Introversion@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Some accounts there have recently encouraged traders to keep investing in a fight they said was about “good vs evil” — a way to defend Trump from the liberal elites laughing at him and, by extension, them. The user @BaldylocksUSMC said “the fight has been long and hard on most of us” and that “this stock is not for the weak,” but that one day they would triumph over critics who were “brainwashed beyond repair.”

Ol’ BaldylocksUSMC is such a strong man! Invest more, Baldy! Sell the house, invest the proceeds in DJT! Own me, baby! —The Libs

[–] dharwin@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fucking zombies, red-hatted zombies.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

Eh, most know what they are doing.

It's just the reich at this point.