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eli | karma 29331 | avg karma 3.14 · 2021-10-06 06:24:06

I think he wants to be a celebrity and he wants people to buy his book.

captaincurrie | karma -1 | avg karma -0.05 · 2021-10-06 06:51:34

Thats too cynical. I'm sure that is apart of his calculus, but you shouldn't assume he is that one-dimensional.

Rooster61 | karma 2005 | avg karma 4.66 · 2021-10-06 08:01:17

By repeatedly joining high profile political races, and repeatedly getting destroyed in them? Strange strategy there.

willhinsa | karma 826 | avg karma 3.9 · 2021-10-06 08:18:04

"Any publicity is good publicity."

jimmygrapes | karma 1405 | avg karma 1.51 · 2021-10-06 14:45:54

Ironically a phrase made most famous by Donald Trump. It's going to be real interesting as politicians going forward analyze and adopt ideas often attributed to him while simultaneously trying to distance themselves from him.

eli | karma 29331 | avg karma 3.14 · 2021-10-06 11:21:48

He got to spend many millions of other people's money to run ads with his face on them, and enjoyed many millions more worth of earned media. It's not that strange. He certainly wouldn't be on HN otherwise.

He has lots of real fans now, even if they aren't enough to win a presidential primary.

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spyckie2 | karma 2478 | avg karma 6.85 · 2021-10-06 17:07:42

I think the policies he wants to push are ahead of the times ideas that resonate.

He will be as popular as those ideas are popular, and it's his "job" to make those ideas popular. So yes, by that definition he wants to be a celebrity and he wants people to buy his book.

However, if he pushes forward ideas that just don't make sense, have bad narratives or don't connect with people's sentiment, he will be quickly forgotten.

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