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Thanks for the background!

Tbh, to me Farrage was never more than a troll. I mean, boxing through Brexit using lies and then as soon as the referendum is done, just mikedropping out of politics because he knows that this is when the hard part begins is just a pure troll move.

He’s never actually accomplished anything apart from creating chaos and then disappearing.

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Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah. There seem to be a lot of people like him in politics these days. They will drop their bombs on our lives and we will have to clean up their messes afterwards. I guess this is what happens when humans become too comfortable 😅

I knew (and still know) fuck all about British politics so most of what I know about UKIP came from the lolcow corner of the internet, where we were all just eating our popcorn while watching the shitshow. All I know is that before Sargon joined UKIP it seemed to be talked about as an actual serious political party and after Sargon joined, it became a total clownshow in media.

Glad to hear that to those who are savvy in British politics, farage was seen as a clown already. Still too bad that he succeeded in screwing over the UK and then placed out when the consequences came his way. I’m sure it’ll be the same with trump, if he lives long enough until next election, lol.

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- squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  Yeah. There seem to be a lot of people like him in politics these days. They will drop their bombs on our lives and we will have to clean up their messes afterwards. I guess this is what happens when humans become too comfortable 😅
  
  There’s just no consequence. If a business blatantly lies and then doesn’t deliver, they can be sued for false advertising, for breaking contracts, for violating standards and all that. If a politician lies and doesn’t deliver, the worst thing that can happen is that they won’t get re-elected. And in many cases not even that.
  
  So it’s not surprising that there are more than enough people who are happy to lie and hurt the society for their own personal gain.
  
  Glad to hear that to those who are savvy in British politics, farage was seen as a clown already. Still too bad that he succeeded in screwing over the UK and then peaced out when the consequences came his way. I’m sure it’ll be the same with trump, if he lives long enough until next election, lol.
  
  It’s the populist way. Populism is the “natural hack” of democracy, same as monopolies are for capitalism. A populist promises people the moon, and then doesn’t have to deliver. While doing so, they destroy trust and confidence in the actual politicians doing actual work.
  
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