• Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    I’m pretty sure Trump uses coke and Adderall. That’s how he’s able to do multiple rallies every day multiple times a week. It’s funny to watch fascist infighting. Trump isn’t against drug use. He’s against hippy liberal shit that isn’t used on Wallstreet.

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      diet pills and adderall is my guess. he was too genuinely curious about cocaine in that interview to be a user

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        IIRC the videos of Trump hanging around Epstein has them doing coke, or at least sniffling a lot in places where coke was present. He probably doesn’t do it anymore but I bet his kids do

      • Fascist movement tend to attract a lot of unstable, adrenaline addict aggro types. A lot of early Italian fascists came from the Arditi, which was basically early Italian SpecOps and were a bit notorious for being super violent and hopped up on stimulants all the time. I’ve worked with a lot of Vets who say modern SpecOps dudes are largely the same, always high on some shit and itching to kill or fuck anything. A lot of these guys get attracted to the Far Right after service.

          • Another thing I’ve heard from Vets, their “badassery” is a bit overblown. Apparently, willingness to go on suicide missions the the main factor in determining if someone is a good SpecOps recruit, not actual ability to carry out the mission. Their actual combat skill isn’t that much better than a regular soldier, it’s just they’re willing to do the shock trooper ass shit that actual GIs will hesitate at.

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              I’d guess it would probably be an equipment thing too. When you’ve got a smaller group to equip you can throw more money at it. So normal soldiers get the standard issue stuff and those guys probably get all the fancy toys.

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        I’d imagine a nihilistic worldview along with creating systems so fucked up and oppressive does a number to psyche so you turn to drugs to cope. Also what’s rich is the nazis like him project the “trad” worldview bullshit meanwhile behind closed doors they’re drug fiends.

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        It’s more like everybody does drugs. People in the socialist organizing circles in my area often do a bunch of drugs too, sometimes at the party office after hours lmao

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            I’d imagine this is dependent on where you live. Basically everybody all along the socioeconomic ladder in big cities with a lively social life do drugs

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              I mean cigs, weed, and alcohol are pretty common where i am too. But ya i don’t have much of a social life. My owm mother actually tried to convince me i should drink when i was 18-21 but once i turned 21 and still refused to she gave up lol.

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      They gave him that insane cocktail after he got COVID, though I feel like Trump is the type to just follow whatever his doctor says in regard of drugs to take (but still eat fast food too much lmao). He’s a teetoaler.