It is more an observation that MAGA hears whatever they want to hear from everything Trump says which seems to have little to do with what the words normally mean.
What needed to happen was for the news to report what Trump said and then immediately fact check him with this is not true, this is a gross exageration, here are the facts etc. Don't bother telling us that others disagree, just point out the errors.
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This paper explores how Umberto Eco’s novel Foucault’s Pendulum can be interpreted as a critical parody of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail by the historians Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln respectively. We explore why two of these authors chose Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code as the...
We are just taking the cue from your countryman Umberto Eco who expounded quite well on Trump and his fascistic tendencies from his experience growing up as a fascist.
https://www.faena.com/aleph/umberto-eco-a-practical-list-for-identifying-fascists
And stoking outrageousness is his style to create the belief in the enemy within, Yes the reactions did more for him than almost anything he ever said.
So what is your anti-growth alternative? I think we may well need one and maybe soon, but what is it?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrowth
Ok, not sure if that enlightens me or just repeats my question in a whole lot more words but thank you for the link.