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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because it's convenient to have bad faith actors sowing discord before any election.

Tankies (sleeper conservatives that they are) can't rely on logic, merit or hope for a better tomorrow, so they cause as much chaos as possible to their perceived 'enemies'. This chaos includes the encouragement of unrealistic statements and general cognitive dissonance.

My true thoughts are that they went too far and started to believe their own drivel as generations of hexbears rose and fell and shit themselves into .ml

[–] Juice@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago (7 children)

What does this post or article have to do with "Tankies?" Did you just hop in here to badmouth them without any context? The idea that anyone who opposes Democrats is a conservative is so out of touch. You must live in a world of ghosts, probably ones wearing ushankas and singing the Internationalé. What a strange comment.

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[–] mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Putin is also one of the world's richest man and funds Trump.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Now that you mentioned putin, I propose we go looking for the Mexican cartel people who do the political events such as head and shoulders separations and we give them a challenge. Maybe give them a small island as a reward? 😉 Could you please bring back putin's happy face for a chance to win Mara Lago! Or Mara Island! 🏝️🏖️. With margaritas!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

Projection.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because projection, misinformation, disinformation, and political agendas.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's because Democrats are not willing to become anti-elite or anti-rich or anything like that, they'd piss off their donors. Only Trump was able to do this because everyone knows he's lying. His donors know it's all a show.

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

They aren't. Republicans lie all the time and some people are stupid enough to believe them.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 10 points 5 days ago

projection and propeganda, full stop.

[–] celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Republican voters are illiterate morons who perceive anyone trying to teach them something as "elite". They don't attribute elite status to salary because the vast majority of them earn less than $40K a year and think that Trump is a good ol boy that would love to have a beer with them. They have no concept over how much money Trump has let alone Musk, and the ones that do are convinced that one day they'll also have billions of dollars. What sane people call "elite", Republican voters and MAGAts call "role model" and what Republicans and MAGAts call elite, we call "productive political discourse".

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Because it’s hard to think of a moron like Trump as elite at anything.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Corporate politicians are the same regardless of whether there is a D or an R in front of their name. They will vote in the interests of their donors every time, without question.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago
[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

Democrats are elite in that they are smart

These billionaires are morons

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Perhaps because they are the current ruling party of a government doing business with elites such as the world's richest man who funds trump.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Starshield

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Propaganda.

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