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When asked about the candidates – or more specifically, one of the candidates – he says it's the context that matters. "You're asking what I think about Trump, and it's a tough call because if you look back at old presidents that have been in the past, and you weren't old enough to know how they lived their lives, and you didn't live in the era that was so media-saturated and internet and just so many opinions swirling around, the world seems a bit chaotic more than it should be," he says. "But then when you simplify it, it isn't more chaotic. It just comes down to two things: Who has more charisma, and who are they appealing to. And neither one of them appeal to me." | When asked about the candidates – or more specifically, one of the candidates – he says it's the context that matters. "You're asking what I think about Trump, and it's a tough call because if you look back at old presidents that have been in the past, and you weren't old enough to know how they lived their lives, and you didn't live in the era that was so media-saturated and internet and just so many opinions swirling around, the world seems a bit chaotic more than it should be," he says. "But then when you simplify it, it isn't more chaotic. It just comes down to two things: Who has more charisma, and who are they appealing to. And neither one of them appeal to me." | ||
| − | Manson, who will be making an appearance on the [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-to-guest-star-as-barber-surgeon-on-salem-20160121 upcoming season of ''Salem''] and who has been teasing a [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-teases-pretty-violent-new-album-say10-w439323 "pretty violent" new album] (''[[Heaven Upside Down|SAY10]]'') due in February, has long expressed disillusionment with the American electoral process. In 2000, when George W. Bush was elected, he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBwFVQRPXA told an interviewer], "I don't vote because I don't believe that it's a legitimate system anymore or of it ever was, so I just try and insert my beliefs on politics in music because I think that speaks to the youth which will be the future." | + | Manson, who will be making an appearance on the [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-to-guest-star-as-barber-surgeon-on-salem-20160121 upcoming season of ''Salem''] and who has been teasing a [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/marilyn-manson-teases-pretty-violent-new-album-say10-w439323 "pretty violent" new album] (''[[Heaven Upside Down|SAY10]]'') due in February, has long expressed disillusionment with the American electoral process. In 2000, when George W. Bush was elected, he [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiBwFVQRPXA told an interviewer], "I don't vote because I don't believe that it's a legitimate system anymore or of it ever was, so I just try and insert my beliefs on politics in music because I think that speaks to the youth which will be the future." |
In 2004, when Bush was running against then-Senator John Kerry, he [[Interview:2004/7/15 INROCK and NEWS - Interview With Marilyn Manson|offered a similar opinion]]: "It's not a matter of me thinking my vote is going to make a difference or not; it's a matter of I don't have an interest in either person." | In 2004, when Bush was running against then-Senator John Kerry, he [[Interview:2004/7/15 INROCK and NEWS - Interview With Marilyn Manson|offered a similar opinion]]: "It's not a matter of me thinking my vote is going to make a difference or not; it's a matter of I don't have an interest in either person." | ||
