• stumu415@lemmy.zipOP
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    When Americans see this, do they feel proud of their elected leader? I can tell you what the rest of the world thinks about him.

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      1/3 of the country thinks he’s the best thing to ever happen to America. They eat this stuff up.

      1/3 of the country thinks he’s somewhere between a national embarrassment and an existential threat to our constitutional democracy.

      1/3 of the country is apathetic about politics and cannot be bothered to give a shit over way or the other.

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        And most all of the country can’t afford to do anything since most are a couple paychecks from homelessness and depend on their employer for healthcare.

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          I’d say, they are not equally bad in a moral way. But they are definitely a bigger danger to the world, because the first group might hold a bad apple accountable. Not saying that is happening here, but the apathic self-centered group doesn’t have the means to do that, while the Trump supporters at least have some sort of connections with the people in power.

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      As a Pennsylvanian I saw the writing on the wall leading up to the 2024 election. I grew up in a very conservative household, and my parents are still very pro-Trump. His reelection destroyed me, despite it seeming inevitable. How can a large chunk of this country not only not feel shame from this, but actively encourage and enjoy it?

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        Because your country is broken, and uncivilised

        Stupidity is celebrated and worldliness and curiousity are viewed with fear and suspicion

        Oh, and then there’s the hatred

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      No. It’s constant shame, embarrassment, and fear of what new fuckwitted ideas he’ll have tomorrow.

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      His close base sees the gun and goes RAWR, I LOVED THAT MOVIE.

      75%+ aren’t loving it, 60% are against him and 10% just want the economy to stop doing a nosedive

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        60% are against him

        It still amazes that this percentage has been like this since over a decade and still he got elected, twice. Something is/was really broken, otherwise he could never have become president. Maybe the place for this comment but everytime i read something like this I am just really surprised this doesn’t mean we dont have to deal with the turd.

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          The entire US political system is designed to prevent the will of the majority from being enacted. Just look at the number of votes in the senate for each party as one of the more egregious examples.

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          The first time it was legit. Well there was russian tampering, then assange released some shit just at the right time. So no really legit, but Clinton didn’t do herself any favors. It was truely a we could run a donkey and win fail.

          The second time, there was mush’s actual vote tampering. There were areas that went red in contested states that historically didn’t end up red. And since then, they’ve been hard at work trying to make sure that red has the advantage. I don’t know if the current likely candidates are going to survive until the next run, but I predict there’s going to be some gestapo bullshit and noone is ready to deal with.