And so they will lose.

Trump’s encouraging of people to storm the Capitol did more to lock up right wing militants than anything since like the Oklahoma City bombing. think-about-it

  • ersatz@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    Nah, they'll never abandon him. Conservatives are super susceptible to propaganda but only if it confirms their existing biases. And he himself, as a person, has become a core part of their identity. They'll never turn on him.

    The way to beat trump is to have a high turnout. When that happens republicans lose. It sucks to have to hold your nose and vote for a milquetoast octogenarian, but maybe one day we'll be able to vote for people who represent us instead of people who simply aren't fascists.

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      9 months ago

      instead of people who simply aren't fascists

      call it what it really is; the lesser of two fascists. Joe Biden's administration has more in common with Donald Trump's administration than in difference. The Trump White House was more similar to Obama's than different. Obama was a rubber stamp on everything Bush did. This is the US constitution working as intended; keeping wage laborers and "rude mechanics" as far away from genuine representation as possible, with a gossamer veil of democracy.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      maybe one day we'll be able to vote for people who represent us instead of people who simply aren't fascists

      That day is not ever coming to the US. Not until capitalism is overthrown. And that will probably happen in the US last