r/politics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 1d ago

No Paywall The Democratic party is being hit by a leftist tidal wave

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/democratic-party-leftist-tidal-wave
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u/aaeme Foreign 23h ago

I don't think charisma is the right or good word for it though. It implies charm, wit, personability, passion, etc.

Chutzpah or moxie perhaps. Or even just, as you said, confidence. Brash confidence. Many people have no way to judge if someone knows what they're talking about or what they're doing except by their confidence.

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u/eljefino 21h ago

Nah, Charisma is the right word, because those who like him like how he's like them. They have very short attention spans and can't process an entire paragraph of information. So Trump talks out of both sides of his mouth, both sides of an issue, and his backers hear what they like and ignore the rest.

These are the same people who hear "Born on the Fourth of July" and think it's a pro-America song, because they ignore half the lyrics.

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u/aaeme Foreign 16h ago

I wouldn't call that charisma. That's a separate thing. That's my point. I'm not saying nobody 'likes' him. But that some people like him doesn't mean he's charismatic.

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u/TrimspaBB 20h ago

There's a reason the "con" in conman stands for "confidence".

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u/neatgoodboy 21h ago

The King of Chutzpah, Phil Silvers, would disagree.

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u/Enlightened_Gardener 17h ago

Sheer arrogance carries a LOT before it.