rant · moment 19 of 19
Trump as History's Greatest Con Artist vs. Taco Bell and Del Taco
from #210 - I Am The Most Successful Podcaster In Los Angeles | The Tim Dillon Show · #210
6 min
Tim argues Trump should be understood not as good or evil but as the most successful con artist in history, using hypnotic rhetoric and playground insults, then closes with an extended metaphor comparing Trump/Biden and the state of the country to Taco Bell versus Del Taco.
- Tim argues that if half a company thought the CEO was trying to kill them, they'd need to get a new CEO, comparing Trump's effect on the country to a CEO joking about poisoning the water.
- Trump should be understood not as evil or good, but as the most successful con artist in the history of civilization.
- Trump has leveraged himself through marketing and conning people to hold positions he wasn't qualified for, including president.
- Trump hypnotizes people with his words, uses simplistic schoolyard-style politics with nicknames, and boils everything down to what appeals to people's lizard brains.
- The schoolyard insult approach works until there's an actual school shooting, at which point playground politics stop being fun.
- Comparing the election to a choice between Taco Bell and Del Taco: Del Taco has better ingredients but no magic, while Taco Bell creates iconic transcendent moments.
- Both Taco Bell and Del Taco are equally disgusting food—the difference doesn't matter because the country itself is broken.
- Whether you choose the iconic marketing or the better ingredients, the country is a dysfunctional drive-through with long lines, high workers, cops waiting outside, and a fat wife at home who hates you.
- Regardless of which option you pick, things won't change, so you might as well eat your fill and at least not go home hungry.
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