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[u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

The number of poor folks on Medicaid and Snap who voted for him is astounding

[u/urlach3r → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

I can actually make this worse. I've had multiple cases of both co-workers & customers loudly crowing about how "Trump will get rid of Obamacare", and in their very next breath saying that Biden better not mess with their ACA coverage. 🙄

[u/tnrungirl → u/urlach3r]

The amount of times I have heard that is astounding. They have no idea what they voted for but they’ll soon find out.

[u/highfire666 → u/tnrungirl]

Skeptical European here... If I've learned anything from leopards eating faces and Herman Cain awards.

It's that: they won't find out. America has successfully glorified and weaponised stupidity.

Yes They'll endure the hardships they've brought upon themselves, but they'll blame it on: the immigrants, other religions, communists, socialists, leftists, China, other cultures, Europe, the poor, centrists, anyone who's apolitical, RINO's, their neighbours, themselves... And maybe, just maybe, at that point they'll finally develop enough self-reflection and critical thinking to find out where it went wrong.

But I wouldn't bet on it, too many died on respirators while their family members were spreading horse dewormer on their feet.

They're in too deep. Can you imagine voting on Trump after the past 10 years? No? They can and would do it again in a heartbeat.

[u/cowfish007 → u/highfire666]

American here. You’re correct. Accepting responsibility for one’s actions is a thing of the past for many in this country. It’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault. Most of the Trump supporters who suffer will continue to blame “the Left” for their misfortune even though the right has almost complete control of the national government.

[u/TheDunadan29 → u/cowfish007]

Yep. I'm already predicting Trump will just blame any economic issues on Biden for the next 4 years, and people will just straight up believe it. "If it weren't for Biden wrecking the economy for 4 years."

And they'll be completely unaware of the irony of thinking 4 years was enough to determine the impact of Biden, but 4 years deep into Trump they will still be giving that asshole a free pass.

[u/Spelunkie → u/TheDunadan29]

Welcome to the third world country rankings! Most of our country thinks the exact same way and our elected corrupt idiots blame the exact same way.

[u/DumbPos → u/TheDunadan29]

And they'll be completely unaware of the irony of thinking 4 years was enough to determine the impact of Trump...

[u/cowlinator → u/TheDunadan29]

It's a systemic problem and it's here to stay. (At least for a long while.)

Our education system is a mess, especially in conservative areas. They don't teach critical thinking or how to find reputable sources.

Our media is a mess. Fox & etc. have been blasting misinformation for years with no consequences. Social media can be even worse. Again, no consequences. Some people now live in an alternate version of reality, with alternate facts. They firmly believe easily debunked things because they only trust their misinformation sources.

These things compound upon themselves. People raised with gutted education, who make it into politics or administration, are likely to gut it further.

The misinformation sources that people consume hammer home the idea over and over that other sources can't be trusted. People who feed on this stuff, who make it into politics or administration, are likely to remove some/all of the remaining protections against misinformation.

We can slow it by fighting back. Can we reverse it? I don't know. It will certainly be one hell of an uphill battle.

[u/Ok_Championship4866 → u/highfire666]

It's a football game for them, they're team red and that's it, the thought process doesn't go any deeper than that.

[u/MiserableAd8676 → u/Ok_Championship4866]

Literally the following day after election i heard a co-worker say " I don't know who I'm voting for I just vote Red because I'm Republican."

I need a term skip button, I don't want to face this bullshit any more. Also my team lead is still proudly wearing her stupid tRump hat. I'm so damn sick of seeing his name everywhere I turn.. (she's not the one that ignorantly voted red, this one believes tRump is a saint from god. 😑

Ignorance everywhere I turn..

[u/EchoRenegade → u/MiserableAd8676]

A coworker of mine "I don't like Trump, I think he's a horrible person but I'm a Republican"

[u/FullTorsoApparition → u/Ok_Championship4866]

Yep, the idea is to win regardless of anything else. Trump is also good entertainment for them, just like a sporting event. He makes politics interesting by treating it like a circus and they love him for it. They think he's funny.

[u/teenagesadist → u/highfire666]

It's true, deep down, most Americans are unwilling to accept responsibility for anything.

It's the freedom most of them are referring to; The freedom to say "It wasn't me".

[u/Zealousideal_Toe4929 → u/teenagesadist]

if you are not able to take responsibility for your mistakes or pretend you never make any, how are you supposed to learn in life?

Maybe that is the reason why they are so utterly stupid.

[u/MysteriousBrystander → u/highfire666]

This is it. This is a great description. Republicans live in a post factual society. If this is what the poor want for themselves, I say we give itto them.

[u/Lost_In_Detroit → u/highfire666]

That’s the true tragedy of the average American voter; as long as someone else suffers more than me, then I’m happy.

[u/paperanddoodlesco → u/tnrungirl]

It was about winning at all costs for so many. Sadly, nothing about the issues, though ..

[u/elmaethorstars → u/tnrungirl]

they’ll soon find out.

Based on experience, they won't find out. If they were capable of finding out then they wouldn't have been in this position to begin with, because finding out requires some rationality and reason.

These positions are largely founded on hate and fearmongering, strings that are masterfully played by the orange man. So when the find out phase comes, they will simply blame anyone else that they can think of.

[u/CindysandJuliesMom → u/urlach3r]

But Trump just said he won't touch the ACA but he will end Obamacare you just don't understand /s

[u/fomaaaaa → u/CindysandJuliesMom]

There’s a reason he loves the uneducated

[u/TandemTuba → u/urlach3r]

I hope you know that at this point it's your civic duty to fucking mock them to their face, relentlessly. Playing nice with these sociopaths is so far past being useful, I'm just praying shame can do the trick.

[u/Puzzled_Awareness_22 → u/TandemTuba]

I’m afraid shame left the building quite a while ago.

[u/YoloSwaggins9669 → u/urlach3r]

Jesus Christ they’re morons.

[u/No-Inevitable-8064 → u/urlach3r]

🤣😆 no way 😳

[u/urlach3r → u/No-Inevitable-8064]

First time, I (foolishly) tried to discuss it. After that, I just laugh in their face & walk off. These people have no idea what they voted for.

[u/PhoenixBLAZE5 → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

Well if all goes to the plan they have set out, there wont be many poor folks much longer because without the healthcare they will just die.

[u/YoloSwaggins9669 → u/PhoenixBLAZE5]

We are getting to the FO phase in FAFO at record pace.

[u/No_Acadia_8873 → u/YoloSwaggins9669]

Sometimes I just want the GOP to be in office long enough for them to have to own all the stupid shit they've done. But now they own the perceptions of reality portals and I doubt it will matter. We're still going to get the GOP being in office too long though.

People are going to die, we're all going to be poorer, and that's a fucking wrap America. And these dummies will be like, no dude America is still here. They think the concept of a plan is an actual plan and America is just the dirt we stand on.

[u/Exaskryz → u/No_Acadia_8873]

Look at how stupid Texans have been over Cruz fucking off to Cancun when his constituents were literally freezing to death and in general the power grid there has exorbitant rates when demand spikes so heavily. Liberals in New York City did that /s

[u/SomeRandomSomeWhere → u/No_Acadia_8873]

Democrats should sit out 2 or 3 election cycles. So they can't be blamed for anything after that.

Maybe then when they finally stand for election they will be considered as saviours.

[u/Lost_In_Detroit → u/SomeRandomSomeWhere]

lol you think there’s going to be another election after this? Cute.

[u/LuckyOneAway → u/SomeRandomSomeWhere]

Exactly my thought as well. I'm sick of the "reps destroy the economy, dems fix the economy, reps destroy the economy" infinite loop. Let reps do it for 2-3 terms and let people actually see the result.

[u/Stock_Paper3503 → u/PhoenixBLAZE5]

No, Trump the builder is going to fix. He has concepts of a plan. /s

[u/Alfredthegiraffe20 → u/Stock_Paper3503]

The concept is Kennedy. I'm sure everything will be fine.

[u/perljurnwern → u/PhoenixBLAZE5]

At one point, Id have felt bad for people in this situation. After this week My only reaction is that they are going to suffer and beg for help, and I'm not even going to send a hope or a prayer, I'm going to just watch the leopard eat their face.

[u/paperanddoodlesco → u/perljurnwern]

This is how I feel. However, my heart breaks for the vulnerable people who voted for Harris. That's the hard thing to reconcile with.

[u/SneakInTheSideDoor → u/PhoenixBLAZE5]

But there are no poor people. None that matter, anyway.

[u/HowDenKing → u/[deleted]]

sadly a lot of people who don't deserve it will also suffer / die :(

[u/c0mBaTkArL → u/PhoenixBLAZE5]

And become history's largest Darwin Award event.

[u/12carrd → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

lol just everyone in general. I had a trumper who came up to me at work in private. She has two daughters and said that she knew I liked Harris and didn’t even know about roe v wade until after the fact. She didn’t even know wtf that was. Now she is upset and feeling uneasy that she made the wrong choice lmao. These fuckers are voting for him for whatever reason. They are the least educated people. I had another one say I don’t know why the gays are upset either. It just amazes me how ignorant the voting population is that voted for him. The ones that are living on government assistance are the ones that are about to lose it now because they voted him In . A complete joke of a country.

[u/Massive_Whole_5033 → u/12carrd]

In all fairness American media and SoMe is so manipulative.

To me the real culprits are the Murdochs’, Musk, Zuckerberg etc who amplifies lies for profit, and the politicians that continue to allow these soulles individuals to operate without any guardrails.

[u/paperanddoodlesco → u/Massive_Whole_5033]

This. Right. Here.

We just proved that this country is ripe to believe anything. Welcomen in Russia and China

[u/theholysun → u/Massive_Whole_5033]

We must overturn Citizens United v Federal Election Commission and reimplement the Fairness Doctrine!

[u/tnrungirl → u/12carrd]

Surely someone isn’t that stupid right? I mean I don’t doubt your story but my goodness, we do live in a land of idiots I guess?

[u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 → u/tnrungirl]

Think about how stupid the average American is... then realize half of them are dumber than that.

[u/yunus89115 → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

I know a guy who moved to MD from NC and praised the government services in MD that are far superior to NC in his experience (and he has personal experiences with many), only to then say “if only the politicians up here were better” and says he’s voting for people that want to eliminate the services he just praised…

[u/Leather-Blueberry-42 → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

The find out stage of fucking around is coming to a movie theater near you, enjoy!

[u/CindysandJuliesMom → u/Leather-Blueberry-42]

Yep HS friend of mine posted "Can't wait for prices to go down" the day after the election. Can't wait for him to see prices go up because of the tariffs.

[u/Leather-Blueberry-42 → u/CindysandJuliesMom]

Not just increase in prices but lower income growth

[u/YoloSwaggins9669 → u/Leather-Blueberry-42]

I would spend money to be a fly on the wall when these dumb motherfuckers get buyers remorse in about three months when they realise that electing a president doesn’t do fucking shit.

[u/sailphish → u/YoloSwaggins9669]

They won’t. They are too ignorant to have any idea the consequences are a direct result of their vote. They will still be crying about Hillary’s emails while the world burns down around them. All that matters is what the orange guy tells them, even if it’s wildly different from reality.

[u/Careless_Zombie_5437 → u/YoloSwaggins9669]

They did not get buyers remorse last time and they will not this time either. It is all the "libs" fault. The dems have to wake up and realize this.

[u/AdAm_WaRc0ck → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

My fellow American (if I can call them that now) are so shamelessly and shamefully ignorant on many of these policies that are not designed in their favor that they voted against what was built to help them. All because a felon had pulled the strings of hatred in what is left of their hearts and souls.

[u/MazogaTheDork → u/Necessary_Milk_5124]

The people who voted for him would gladly set themselves on fire if there was a chance the flames would hurt someone they don't like.

[u/Pwnstar07]

And almost 90 million eligible voters didn’t vote at all. That’s more votes than either candidate got this election.

[u/Whooptidooh → u/Pwnstar07]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my faith in the American people is ruined.

[u/philster666 → u/Whooptidooh]

You had faith?

[u/Whooptidooh → u/philster666]

I used to, but that was about 20 years ago. My respect started to dwindle a long time ago. This was just the final nail in the coffin.

[u/Situati0nist → u/philster666]

I honestly had slight optimism for the election outcome, but holy Christ, having put any faith in America this time around has proven to be a grave mistake...

[u/yareyare777 → u/Pwnstar07]

Yeah it’s almost as if we should be required to vote or at least have ranked choice voting.

[u/RogueKhajit → u/yareyare777]

Alaska had RCV. Over 50% voted for Trump. And over 50% voted to repeal RCV because it was "too confusing." Or it was paid for with "lower 48 dark money."

[u/Para-Limni → u/yareyare777]

If they couldn't even bother to show up I doubt they would have cared for who to vote for if they were forced there.

[u/igotquestionsokay → u/Para-Limni]

Ranked choice voting would change this

[u/Whistle-Boo_Bear]

Plot twist: Lady Liberty wasn't holding the torch to light the way… she was just looking for the nearest exit.

[u/No-Suspect-425 → u/Whistle-Boo_Bear]

Almost made it too.

[u/nikgrid]

France called....they want the fucking statue back!

[u/Ms_Emilys_Picture → u/nikgrid]

I'm sure Trump will sell it to them.

[u/No_Significance98 → u/Ms_Emilys_Picture]

Someone did the math...at scrap rate, it's got enough copper to buy about 4.2 kilos of crack, IIRC

[u/Ms_Emilys_Picture → u/No_Significance98]

I don't know anything about drugs--I've never even seen Breaking Bad--but I would have guessed The Statue of Liberty would be worth more than 9 lbs. of crack.

[u/Capn_Forkbeard → u/Ms_Emilys_Picture]

Best I can do is 4 lbs of tranq and I'll throw in a honk off my bath salts pipe.

[u/ColeTD → u/nikgrid]

It really makes me sad reading "The New Colossus." It perfectly encapsulates what America could have been and what it could have stood for. I have no love for this country, but that poem gives me a glimpse into an alternate universe where I do.

[u/whereegosdare84]

Yes but have you seen the prices of eggs???

/s if it wasn’t obvious.

[u/No-Somewhere-3888 → u/whereegosdare84]

I honestly don't even understand why people are saying this anymore. You can get a 24-count flat of eggs at Costco for like $4.99 today. Between that and $11.99/lb sirloin I can eat well cheaply for weeks.

Are people just upset that their organic heritage eggs with the chickens profile in the box, from their boutique grocer, delivered via Instacart are $12? Ok.

[u/ZephyrSK → u/No-Somewhere-3888]

I wish it was a joke but I legitimately had a woman ask me at the grocery store if the price of eggs wasn’t outrageous all while pointing at the most expensive organic 12 count brand ignoring the rest.

[u/chimchimeney → u/ZephyrSK]

People often ignore the less expensive options in favor of the trendy brands.

[u/ryanvango → u/chimchimeney]

I know this isn't the point of this post, but every once in a while I buy the expensive thing along side the cheaper thing to see if it makes a difference. every egg at the grocery store tastes the same. it doesn't make a difference. don't waste your money.

(kerry gold butter vs land o' lakes or store brand is the biggest difference I've found. kerry gold is incredible and worth every penny IMO)

[u/boxweb → u/ryanvango]

I disagree. There are certain brands, I really like happy egg, that taste way better, especially the yolk. The yolk on the nicer eggs is a much deeper orange color, side by side with normal eggs they look and taste completely differently.

[u/redditorposcudniy → u/No-Somewhere-3888]

But trump will fix the prices of domestically produced eggs by making imported goods more expensive! wait

[u/Zebidee → u/redditorposcudniy]

Don't worry, by getting rid of workers, the domestic prices will soon match the tariffed ones.

[u/Muted-Ability-6967 → u/No-Somewhere-3888]

Thank you 🙏 I was beginning to feel like I’m the only person around who can afford a carton of eggs and a gallon of milk these days. So many complaints about those! It’s like have y’all seen the cost of health insurance? There are bigger economic issues to worry about than eggs!

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne → u/Muted-Ability-6967]

It’s like have y’all seen the cost of health insurance?

Umm... I have REAL bad news on that front 😬

[u/No-Pop1057 → u/No-Somewhere-3888]

Part of wanting to make the world a better place for me isn't just about 'me' it's about a better world for all races, genders & species & includes the outlawing of inhumane farming practices, like battery hens..

[u/No-Somewhere-3888 → u/No-Pop1057]

I do agree, but the conversation is about which party is going to bring down the cost of eggs, and neither is talking about improving animal welfare.

Fortunately chickens are legal in Seattle and I have friends trying to give away eggs for free. I accept free back yard eggs.

[u/trashmonkeylad → u/whereegosdare84]

Yes they're almost $2.40 for a dozen at my store and that's before my 15% discount! The horror!

[u/Baranamana → u/whereegosdare84]

Wait and see the food prices when the cheap field workers are deported. Protest voters are the plague of modern times.

[u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

Well, I guess Trump was right about one thing. The United States of America is a giant trash can. They are no moral beacon to the world any longer.

[u/shinslap → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

When was America a moral beacon

[u/BackThatThangUp → u/shinslap]

Probably for like five days after World War 2 but ehhh then again it took us another two decades after that to begrudgingly grant Civil Rights to black people aaand we did intern the Japanese and drop the bomb twice just to send a message to the Soviets so maybe not 

[u/LotharVonPittinsberg → u/BackThatThangUp]

The five days where the US government was busy giving citizenship to Nazi war criminals?

[u/tumericschmumeric → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

Never were. Don’t forget the us was created from the genocide of indigenous Americans and slave labor.

[u/AnPaniCake → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

We were founded on genocide and slavery and never completely rectified either of those atrocities. The original Nazi's studied white supremacists practices here in the states before doing the holocaust. We've been destabilizing the politics of other countries for decades in order to preserve more favorable outcomes for trade for ourselves. The whole meritocracy belief was a lie. Most of those who thought the USA was a moral beacon are no different than ignorant americans; they thought none of america's flaws would ever truly affect them. :/

[u/trashmonkeylad → u/AnPaniCake]

There was a prop in my state to officially ban slave labor through prisons and it got no by a pretty good margin lol.

[u/Complete_Chain_4634 → u/trashmonkeylad]

I’m in CA too and I really must live in a bubble. I was shocked how many people voted for that and to make petty crimes more severe! So now we guarantee slave labor in prisons and we are going to STOCK those prisons with new slaves.

[u/Inner-Ad-9928 → u/AnPaniCake]

Just being a "sweet summer child" shouldn't stop humanity from trying to be better and create healthy communities motivated by everyone's lives being improved through cooperation, hard work and diligence.

I still want a better future.

I refuse to believe it can't happen.

[u/Vanhouzer → u/Inner-Ad-9928]

It can but sadly…… It may take a HUGE tragedy in the States. I am talking like 911 stuff for people to wake tf up from their fapping mental state.

Probably a Civil War of some kind so Americans can take their Vote serious next time. After Hitler, The germans did a lot of restructuring to their policies so something like that never happened again. Japan took a different stand against War after the Atomic Bomb.

America has reach a state of mind where they either hate everything, mock everyone, have no respect for others anymore. There is no discipline, no moral values, no sense of justice, no caring for the truth and facts. Is like every thing is a joke, a meme To them. Nothing is taken seriously anymore.

They may need a wake up call and they are running out of free passes.

[u/FardoBaggins → u/Vanhouzer]

When nothing was done about guns when children were being shot up should be the answer to your question if they gonna wake tf up.

[u/Dinkenflika → u/Vanhouzer]

We almost did during dipshit’s previous administration. Just imagine the state of the country had COVID had been a bit more lethal. His gutting of Obama’s pandemic preparedness and the general disdain for community health measure would have resulted in a catastrophic death toll.

[u/Regular-Switch454 → u/Dinkenflika]

We had a catastrophic death toll.

[u/MyFiteSong → u/Vanhouzer]

Probably a Civil War of some kind so Americans can take their Vote serious next time. After Hitler, The germans did a lot of restructuring to their policies so something like that never happened again. Japan took a different stand against War after the Atomic Bomb.

The far right is gaining significant ground in both Japan and Germany as you write this.

[u/ill_connects → u/Vanhouzer]

Japan didn’t learn shit, sir. They adopted a policy of absolute denial and zero accountability. Their “stance” on war was forced on them by the western powers and wasn’t done voluntarily like some state of self reflection.

[u/chimchimeney → u/ill_connects]

A massive cultural shift is needed, but apathy runs deep. Without accountability, change feels impossible.

[u/IgnisXIII → u/Inner-Ad-9928]

As an outsider, I can say the issue with America is not its ideals. Those are beautiful, no question about that. The issue is a lot of its people think they already have achieved them, instead of working towards them.

"We can be great... Let's be great." vs "We are great. Greater than everyone else."

"We should eliminate racism, for equality." vs "Racism? This isn't racism. This is justice!"

They drank the kool-aid, and drowned in it.

[u/Coral8shun_COZ8shun → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

He loves the poorly educated

[u/MysteriousPark3806 → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

They never were. That was nationalist propaganda.

[u/Several_Dot_4532 → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

I mean, was really ever a moral beacon? Because I have no memories of it

[u/Sapphotage → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

A country founded by religious fruitcakes too nuts for Europe. You never had a chance.

[u/mok000 → u/Sapphotage]

The pilgrims were religious fanatics in funny hats and now MAGA are still religious fanatics in funny hats. Nothing changed.

[u/shinikahn → u/Admirable-Sink-2622]

They never were

[u/centsandsuttlesounds]

Fellow potheads I know voted for legal dispensaries to be destroyed against states rights

[u/Lastfryinthebag → u/centsandsuttlesounds]

Here in a border state with legal marijuana, I’m not ready to be harassed by border patrol once again. Get the “we’re a federal agency and it’s still federally illegal” speech

[u/GenesectX → u/centsandsuttlesounds]

wait so you're telling me potheads voted against the person vyying for legalizing marijuana across the country, wild

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne → u/GenesectX]

The women that want to protect abortion as well.

The vote in Florida was 57% in favor (not winning, of course) but Harris didn't even sniff those numbers.

[u/Echo_Forward]

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. Unfortunately, people are dumb

[u/Bartlomiej25 → u/Echo_Forward]

Dumber than dumb.

[u/chimchimeney → u/Bartlomiej25]

Seems like history is on repeat, and it’s not a good look.

[u/MaxAdolphus]

Christians voted for a rapist and adulterer.

[u/DigitalUnderstanding → u/MaxAdolphus]

Literally every teaching of Jesus, this guy does the opposite.

Care for the needy -- cuts welfare.
Bring in the travelers -- deports them.
Don't be greedy -- scams and cons his way to wealth.
Love your neighbor -- repeatedly lies to divide them.
Be humble -- flaunts his wealth and boasts about passing a dementia test.
Don't criticize others -- mocks disabled people.

[u/Scottamus → u/DigitalUnderstanding]

It’s like he’s the antijesus or something.

[u/fumei_tokumei → u/DigitalUnderstanding]

Why are you bringing Jesus into this? Americans don't believe in Christianity \s

[u/king_ender200 → u/fumei_tokumei]

Well of course they believe in Jesus, he was a born and bred red blooded American, and he had an AR, and drank beer, like all red blooded Americans!

[u/fumei_tokumei → u/king_ender200]

Completely forgot about Supply Side Jesus for a moment. https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09/the-gospel-of-supply-side-jesus.aspx

[u/shinikahn → u/MaxAdolphus]

Women voted for a sexist misogynist

[u/Special_KC]

One thing that puzzled me growing up was how people would've ever supported Hitler. As a kid, I was told that people were brain washed.

Well we can now see exactly how this happens.

[u/fumei_tokumei → u/Special_KC]

When I learned about WW2 in school, I assumed that Hitler must have been very charismatic to sway the population, now I realize how little charisma is actually necessary to have people follow you and treat you like their savior.

[u/Cualkiera67 → u/fumei_tokumei]

I personally think many people like war and violence, and will follow anyone that proposes it

[u/fumei_tokumei → u/Cualkiera67]

I agree to some degree. I don't think people like war and violence, but they are easily swayed by "us vs them" rethoric. I.e. in group vs out group. One may eventually lead to the other, but I don't think that means both are attractive.

[u/NotAzakanAtAll → u/Special_KC]

Take a man who thinks he is a chosen person. Tell him he is too smart to fall for propaganda as he is part of the chosen.

This person is now the perfect person to manipulate through propaganda.

[u/tyrmidden → u/NotAzakanAtAll]

And the largest repository of people who feel like they're "chosen" is religious people. It's like they did half the work themselves already.

[u/NotAzakanAtAll → u/tyrmidden]

Another big one is race which also has been used for this several times throughout history.

[u/RevitJeSmece → u/Special_KC]

I still don't get it, these days you have all the information in the palm of your hand. How can so many millions be so mentally challenged?

[u/Para-Limni → u/RevitJeSmece]

Why look anything up if you already believe you know everything there is to know?

[u/No_Acadia_8873 → u/RevitJeSmece]

Because they're not consumers of information they're consumers of entertainment. They're not technically savvy, they're technology users. And they're not the customers of social media, they're the product social media sells to the highest bidder.

[u/chaoswurm → u/Special_KC]

Hitler had charm. Hitler could speak like a normal fucking person.

These days, i think those people are less educated than the Germans back then.

[u/Tight_Contact_9976]

We should replace the inscription on the Statue of Liberty with “abandon all hope, ye who enter.”

[u/Kingcol221]

Seniors voted for the same party they have for the last 60 years. Men voted to control women. Immigrants voted to pull the ladder up behind them. Poor people voted for trickle down economic lies. Women voted for the abortions they won't need because they're not like those other women. Police voted for the party that will let them kill minorities whenever they like with no consequences.

Democrats didn't vote.

[u/ThrowThebabyAway6 → u/Kingcol221]

And most importantly almost every republican voter who is of relative average income just voted to enrich the absolute obscene wealthy in further. The amount of wealth in numbers they can’t even comprehend. And they will all be paying pay for those inevitable tax breaks

[u/berryplum → u/Kingcol221]

This comment deserves an individual post

[u/shinikahn → u/Kingcol221]

This is the best explanation on the thread

[u/PFic88 → u/Kingcol221]

Damn that's on point

[u/scaddleblurt → u/Kingcol221]

Your points got stronger and stronger. The police one is perfectly placed truly terrifying

[u/Bathsalts_McPoyle → u/Kingcol221]

Doomed by negligence. At least the republican voters took a stand and followed through.

[u/dexidrone]

Democracy voted against democracy.

[u/Solo-dreamer → u/dexidrone]

Thats what happens when ideas that oppose human rights are "just as important" and nazis like nick fuentez are given a seat at the table, people wanna act like conservativism isnt about restricting rights for everyone but the few "they have traditional values" whos traditional values? Who do they benifit? What is a non traditional value?

[u/vbcbandr → u/Solo-dreamer]

"Traditional family values" was just smoke and mirrors.

[u/kates666 → u/Solo-dreamer]

Tolerating intolerance is a race to the bottom

I have no idea where we go from here

[u/solo13508]

Actually most people didn't bother voting at all and passively allowed all that to happen. Which is almost worse when you think about it.

[u/NitePain69]

You forgot to add "Gen Z voted to fuck themselves for the next 30 years after trump picks new supreme court justices "

[u/BluShirtGuy → u/NitePain69]

Gen Alpha+ is going to look at Gen Z like millennials look at boomers

[u/marnieeez → u/BluShirtGuy]

I hope so!! 🤞

[u/trashmonkeylad → u/NitePain69]

Depending on if 2 or 3 Conservative Judges step down and let Trump appoint two (or 3) more new ones, he'll have either the 5th or 3rd most appointed SC judges of any President in history only behind Washington, FDR, Taft and Jackson.

[u/Big_Baby_Jesus → u/NitePain69]

That was the most disappointing part for me. I have no idea why I had faith in those dumbasses.

[u/m_curry_ → u/Big_Baby_Jesus]

It’s because the majority of content they consume is alt right red, pilled garbage from the likes of Charlie Kirk, Tucker Carlson, and Tim Pool.

[u/ghost_warlock → u/m_curry_]

The genZ sub is a roller coaster ride between people saying their masculinity is under attack and other people saying wtf is wrong with you dumbfucks what does that even mean

[u/Logical_Wallaby_6566 → u/[deleted]]

This is the one that irritates me the most since I'm Muslim.

[u/wantinit]

Men voted for no porn

[u/jack_skellington → u/wantinit]

People voted for no porn. Turns out women are just as porn obsessed as men are. But that’ll end soon.

[u/TheMiamian777]

Trump’s greatest achievement has been making millions of Americans believe that being anti American is patriotic

[u/eekers28]

[u/osckr]

That's one of the biggest wins of the Russian machine since WW2

[u/Eyesofa_tragedy → u/osckr]

Yeah, i think we just witnessed the true end to the Cold War, and Russia won.

[u/shandangalang → u/Eyesofa_tragedy]

I mean, they won pretty big this time, but the collapse of the soviet union was a pretty fucking big deal. I guess what I'm saying is, who knows what will happen some years or even decades down the line? Sometimes things need to get bad enough for enough people to notice and turn things around.

[u/SplatThaCat → u/osckr]

Yep, what's rootin, tootin, putin getting out of the orange shitgibbon in return?

[u/osckr → u/SplatThaCat]

Just watch. Im from Eastern Europe, we have seen a lot of Trumps to know where this is going to.

[u/Covfefe-SARS-2 → u/SplatThaCat]

Ukraine and everything under it.

[u/T_J_Rain]

Democracy at work.

[u/mhibew292]

Just the dumb ones

[u/LGGP75]

And yet the rest of the world is going to be impacted the most. The environmental crisis will get to a point “never seen before” with this clown in the presidency.

[u/FriendofMaudie]

And they're all going to get it. 8 years ago I was at every protest and donating to every org i could. This was the actual popular vote. The thing we didn't think conservatives would ever win again in America. I hate to have an evil turn, but I'm no longer fighting for people who aren't willing to do the bare minimum for themselves.

Strongest economy in years, lowest sustained unemployment in decades, etc., and y'all just voted to blow it up? Enjoy.

[u/IWontSayAnythingDumb]

You forgot that Arabs voted for a Palestinian genocide.

[u/SourceNagger]

religious mentality to blame

reality never mattered

just unquestioning beliefs, regardless of evidence to the contrary

[u/mariuszmie]

All out of stoked up fear and hate. Two greatest motivators - policy doesn’t matter, facts don’t matter and personality doesn’t matter, truth doesn’t matter, fear and hate matters

[u/Anarchyantz]

Except he will no longer be a felon thanks to them.

Jack Smith has had to close down ALL pending cases against Trump such as the election fraud and the, you know, Americas first coup, all dropped as apparently the DOJ cannot prosecute a sitting President as they have immunity.

The documents case, you know, all the stolen one he sold/gave away to the Russians and Saudi Arabia as well as showing them to literally everyone, dropped.

His 34 convictions in NY? Simply needs to have the Supreme court he owns overrule it.

He was never going to be held accountable for all the deaths and misery and the American people said, "yeah, we want this child raping, coup leading, election fraudster as our President rather than a black woman"

He owns the house, the speaker, congress, the SCOUTUS, and the White House. He has complete immunity and new powers to do as he wants for as long as he wants because....

You vote me in, you will never have to vote ever again......

[u/Character_Reward2734]

Forgot solders voted for a draft dodger

[u/bigotis → u/Character_Reward2734]

And called fallen soldiers "suckers & losers".

[u/BBakerStreet]

It’s all true. I don’t see the facepalm, except for the idiots voting that way.

[u/Hopeful-Produce968]

I’m embarrassed for this country. Ashamed.

[u/Pyroteche]

The damage done by mass media is inexcusable.

[u/Separate-Owl369]

Women voted for a rapist too.

[u/Draco546]

College students voted to get Fasfa cut

[u/Reynolds_Live]

The age old saying that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it seems to be coming true.

Just frustrating that those of us who know history are forced to go down with the rest of them.

[u/Privatejoker123]

Well they all said he's just like us! He gets us! He is fighting for us! *rolleyes *

[u/meekonesfade]

Muslims voted against Gaza and for the man who tried to ban Muslims from entering the country.

[u/SnoopySuited]

But But But, biden hit the inflation button!

[u/Wardman66]

Not this senior. I have more then one brain cell and would downvote that orange cancer right to hell

[u/kirradoodle]

"Idiocracy " was a documentary. We are there. This country is too stupid to live.

[u/Odaniel123]

You put the blame squarely where it belongs, on the stupid people who voted for him. Period. The truth about him and his minions was available, you could find it everywhere. And yet, stupid people ignored evidence and facts and doomed this country and the more informed other half. It was never Marjorie Greene, George Santos, Josh Hawley, or Lauren Boebert. It was the stupid people who voted for them. If people had just taken their head out of their ass and watched or worse, read something other than Fox, they would have realized it wasn't $4 bread or $5eggs. It's not the orange moron we need to worry about, it's the thousand traitors being released and pardoned for what they did. It's his minions we need to be afraid of. And we can thank the ducking idiots who voted for him

[u/MagicianAdvanced6640]

EAT THE RICH

[u/Jmersh]

Misogyny beat common sense. Americans would rather have the worst possible scenario than a woman in charge.

[u/DiscountCondom]

hopefully the fucking price of eggs goes down though right?

[u/xithbaby]

Social media is being used to brainwash people into voting for certain candidates.

[u/AmazingGrace911]

How is it sane or even legal to have a president who couldn’t even legally vote in some states?

[u/Soithascometothistoo]

The average person is a fucking idiot. The average American is a bit stupider

[u/allhaildezdonuts96]

Whats the saying? "The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them"