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The reality is that these people were/are unhappy in their lives due to stagnation in their finances/jobs, poor healthcare, and they don't have a tight local community. Then these dumb, angry people are primed to accept someone who says they'll fix their lives, and knows how to talk right to them. Everything else is just toppings, but that's really the meat of it.

He's said he's scared for his life. I think that's reasonable given the amount of people he's pissing off. It's only a matter of time...

ahhh that's what happened to me then. I just randomly got banned one day and I think it was reporting a conservative post for hate or something

Try explaining that term to someone in 1925. I'm proud of how far we've come.

Welcome. I joined from reddit in 2025, and happy to see more come over since Reddit has become a corporate, bot-filled, propaganda arm for many different groups

Thanks, Obam-na

Again, I want to believe, but recent history doesn't provide that angle. During COVID there were people saying it was a government hoax as they were dying in the hospital. If they can be brainwashed to not believe their own fucking death, then nothing will change them.

I'm not talking about some of the moderates who don't really mind Trump but don't stay informed, by the way. I think some small percentage of these folks will be able to see the reality, just not in time.

That's completely wishful and fantastical thinking. By midterms the base will be so propagandized again to just forget about the regime robbing them blind left and right. I want to believe it, but recent history has taught me otherwise.

These Russian assets are truly executing Putin's playbook perfectly huh

Sounds like you're not American right? There is already pushback at GOP town halls and many conservatives who disapprove of what is going on overall. Unfortunately they're not capable of empathy until it affects them, but they're starting to get personally affected. Also it's only going to get worse and negatively affect even more people, so at that point their own personal circumstances will outweigh whatever Fox News tells them to think about everything.

Can we just... not? I know this is where everything is headed, and the Republican SCOTUS, Congress, and Executive have been slowly dismantling protections and getting laws in place to make this legal, but there has to be some other way before it gets there.

inb4 "just protest", they don't give a shit. A national strike would start to do something but still probably wouldn't be large enough or last for long enough for them to care.

Because he has unchecked power in our government. It's important to pay close attention to what he says and does, so we can figure out the best ways to remove him.