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Her X account, and how it came to be in the hands of her husband is actually a pretty major plot point in the documentary
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It's a rational play for her to be MAGA. Trump has pardoned much worse criminals simply for sucking up to him.
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It’s rational to lack principles?
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Like having kids while facing jailtime, it can be read as a ploy to evade responsibility. Rational has a secondary, economics meaning, i.e. selfish, utility-maximizing - whatever furthers the individual's interests.
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If you are in desperate need of something you don’t deserve that only Trump can supply, and that alone doesn’t cause you not to want it, then yes, pretending you don’t have principles is rational: it is the only thing that will get you what you want.

Trump is an ignorant Leland Gaunt. If only he can help you out of a mess you made, being helped is going to violate every remaining principle you have. Worth just getting rid of them up front.

Elizabeth Holmes is probably practicing doing her hair like Ivanka. Her pardon is going to cost a lot of money and probably some face time.

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Isn't this partiuclar characteristic a bit too late in her case?
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She already lacked them, so why question them now?
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is self-preservation irrational?
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in her position, given her history, it is 100% rational to continue lacking principles
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Look how far it gets some people.
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She had (two!) children solely to try and avoiding having to go to prison. She has no principles other than self-interest and self-preservation. It would be shocking if she didn’t attempt to curry favor with Trump for a pardon since he’s been handing them out to the wealthy like Halloween candy.
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morals are generally not a factor that sociopaths like holmes entertain at all, and using that as your lens... your best odds of a get out of jail free card is to cozy up to the guy who pardons people that say nice things about him
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That motivation makes her MAGA. No different then other MAGAs.
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Disagree. He has indeed pardoned many criminals, but none who was even remotely as bad as she is.
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The founder of Silk Road and the former Honduran president just to name 2
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Evidently assaulting police officers in an attempt to overthrow an election is just fine too.
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Nowhere close to the amount of damage she did.
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Stanning?

Edit: looked it up. Who is stanning her? The person who wrote the article or Nathan?

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Legitimately unsure if you're doing a bit here.

In case you aren't, her Twitter account isn't run by her. She doesn't post of it; it's another person impersonating her. This movie touches on this fact very significantly partway through. The person impersonating her is a MAGA guy and was given access to her account by reaching out to "people pretty high up with X"

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> her account by reaching out to "people pretty high up with X"

Is it manipulation to show particular positions and connect with X/republicans? Because in the movie he is reaching out to X support with legal power of attorney, and it was also shown as another sign of overcontrol from him

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Because most of the world is
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Why is most of the world anti MAGA?
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the myriad of wars he started, but i don't believe this question is in earnest
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Because MAGA is anti "the world"
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Oh I get it now! Thanks
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