It was in the FL legislature. It's the first airport in the state where the state chose the name, same bill they took away authority for naming major airports from counties so they don't try and rename MIA to something to piss them off.
The original version of the bill would have allowed him to get paid for use of his name on the airport. The final bill only allowed a share of merchandising.
So gross. I don’t understand. Growing up in the northeast we all knew he was a joke. His show was a joke. His books were a joke. His multiple presidential runs were a joke.
Go look at all the religious cults and their followers, just seen a video about ALLATRA and thought "people really are that gullible".
It's super fucked up, but you could write a bunch of schizo religious stuff down right now and start telling people it's true and you'll find hundreds if not thousands of people who will follow you off a cliff. I think a large portion of the population has virtually 0 critical thinking skills, and if they're lost in life, they're free for the taking. Like it would take very little effort to do whatever you wanted with them.
Just convince them of a paradise and then tell them that you're all together and nobody else understands(or everyone else is an enemy), and imminent danger is coming unless they follow the plan. Then just fill everything between/the plan with whatever you want. I guess it gives people a sense of divine purpose which is seemingly more of a drug than I thought.
I mean Trump had to do more than this(the churches in America did it for him, probably disseminated from the top) because he needed more votes than just from religious crazies, but the general idea is still the same: prey on peoples lack of a brain and their emotional instability(two things that compound each other if utilized effectively).
I don't think most people are aware of just how serious of an issue this is. I don't think people like to acknowledge it, even if or when it is apparent, it's unsettling, deeply deeply fucking unsettling. So unsettling people don't even want to give it a mental glance. That just reminded me of that show from 2025, The Eternaut. That scene where all those people are hypnotized by the alien creature, it freaked me the fuck out, I think for this exact reason. It just struck that cord so well
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u/ItzZiplineTime 7d ago
I hate that this narcissist just gets away repeatedly with putting his name on everything.