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		tremon on April 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ base... All top-tier US politicians are extreme in one way or another. Moderation and nuance have no place in the US' bipolar system, so the only way to be noticed and reach the top is to become an extreme caricature of whatever topic is most dear to your voters' (or donors') hearts.

DeathArrow on April 27, 2023 [–]

> o the only way to be noticed and reach the top is to become an extreme caricature of whatever topic is most dear to your voters' (or donors') hearts

And doing that while you created that topic in the first place.

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