• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Lex Luthor literally becomes president in many versions of the Superman cartoons.

    The idea of a rich billionaire with a narcissist Messiah complex with a bone to pick with heroes and actual helpful people that becomes popular and eventually the US President is practically a trope. Apparently this generation has forgotten the message.

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    9 hours ago

    Step up your game. Imagine becoming a president, grifting as hard as possible, then when it all comes out prison would be all but inevitable… unless next president pardons you right as he assumes office.

    this is Yeltsin, and the next one was Putin

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    4 hours ago

    The guy didn’t take his position with violence. What’s going in America to make the majority of people support this guy?

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        NGL I was apalled at first but the idea is kind of growing on me.

        CEO played by Eddie Murphy: “Alright, well, how do we get out of this?”

        Eddie’s Lawyer (David Hasslehoff): “Sorry, sir, but these charges are like steel, you’d have to be the president of the United States to get out of this mess.”

        CEO: “Well alright, then, let’s do that. Where do we start?”

        Lawyer: “Haa HahaHAA~… you’re serious…?”

        Later on in the film,

        Anchorwoman: “Here on screen, now, we see a clip of KKK Grand Wizard Rudolph McHornberry seen here shaking hands with his endorsed presidential candidate, CEO of placeholder holdings limited. Critics are calling him an Uncle Tom, while supporters are bashing current lawmakers as ‘hypocrites who talk about tolerance and don’t practice it’ one X formerly twitter user puts it.”

        Add in a VP pick played by also Eddie Murphy aged up who is an overqualified lifelong politician who understands demographics and campaign funds and laws but is less populist and more reserved on policy. Have the rising action with old VP Eddie being revealed as part of an evil international organization trying to reduce life on earth to consolidate power into one council, CEO Eddie doesn’t give af, female lead reveals they plan to kill CEO immediately after inauguration, now it’s personal and Eddie has to escape from his own security detail and announce his concession at CPAC.

        CEO: “Ah shit, I can’t do this, we need some guns.”

        Female Lead: “We can’t get guns in here, it’s not allowed.”

        Stranger at CPAC: “$5,000.”

        CEO: “What?”

        Stranger: “Each. Nice revolvers, 44s.”

        CEO: “Ammo included.”

        Stranger: “Sure do.”

        CEO: “You do PayPal?”

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          2 hours ago

          Do you follow Ross Childs? He continues to bring attention to the Glauthian Mining Consortium, but no one is paying attention!