How is trump different that Charles Manson?

[NightWatcher]

Both wanted Helter Skelter, a race war that they were both more than excited to trigger.

Both have a cult following that will do whatever their dear leader asks, without concern. I think that they love being murderers and evil but that's just from the look of glee I see on their faces.

The difference is that Manson went to prison for encouraging murder.

[Codeine]

1. Manson was far more charismatic. nt

[NightWatcher]

3. Really? How many more followers does trump have?

I'd say he hit on the motivating nerve that Manson could only dream of.

[Codeine]

6. It's not charisma that drives Trump's success.

He (or his handlers) know the right buttons to push, the right codewords and dogwhistles and shibboleths needed to motivate the generic Angry White Person.

Manson had a definite weird, dark charisma. You couldn’t help but watch him.

[StarfishSaver]

15. Manson didn't have the internet

If he did, his "family's would have been much larger.

[ck4829]

2. The only difference is one had a swastika carved into his head.

The other tried to do it and poked his eye.

[dewsgirl]

9. +1

[blm]

4. I just posted that elsewhere. Trump is Charles Manson x 1,000,000

[Hortensis]

5. As a populist leader, Trump's incredibly more dangerous?

[malaise]

7. True

Rec

[dewsgirl]

8. Terrifying thought, Trump is possibly more evil. It would be naive to think Trump has never been

Involved at least one murder, at some point. If he had the power he does now when he was younger, and didn't have the press exposing much of what he does, I shutter to think what he would have done with that power.

[Lars39]

14. Mob connected for a lot of his life...

when did Trump make his bones? Isn’t that the phrase? I’m guessing early in life.

[treestar]

10. The Orange Creature was born to a rich family

Manson was born to a poor teenaged mother from the lower middle class family.

The only major difference.

[zaj]

11. The difference is huge and important

Manson directly ordered those killings. Trump is not. And that matters.

Trump is fostering an environment that enables killing. It's called stochastic terrorism. It's different and potentially more violent, harder for people to connect responsibility. And that matters too.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. The cult followers of Donald Trump have amassed an arsenal of guns...

Nor will Trump see the insides of a prison cell if his followers and lawyers have anything to do with it.

[dalton99a]

13. Shameless soulless murderous psychotic trash from hell

[ElementaryPenguin]

16. They are eerily similar!

Recently watched a profile on Charles Manson, and I was immediately struck with how his personality disorders reminded me of Trump. My daughter had the same reaction.

To me, Trump seems to be equal parts Mussolini, Hitler, and Charles Manson.

Great individual to be occupying the world's most powerful job.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Lizard scales

I wrote "scale" first, in that tRump is a clever propagandist.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. tRump has more murders than Manson.

Via member Julian Englis at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212345720

This is from an article in the Intellectualist written before the last three mass shooting. Trump is an accomplice.

Analysis: Trump Directly Cited As Motivation In 61 Murders And 5 Terrorist Plots

[mnmoderatedem]

19. Manson didn't play golf(nm)