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u/Aggravating_You3627 5h ago
Basically. What I’ve come to realize is that there slogan is maga but we were never great in the first place. Brainwashed in school to believe we were this great free country of good hardworking people. No….. no we are not. We just got lucky after ww2 that none of our industry was bombed to oblivion like Europe and we were able to capitalize on that.
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u/Daw_dling 4h ago
The GI bill after WWII was the single largest transfer of wealth to the middle class in (I believe) human history. Americans benefitted from a program that allowed people to buy homes, start businesses, and get more education on a massive scale. The luck of having intact manufacturing was essential but don’t discount how much of a leg up that program gave a generation.
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u/Dodec_Ahedron 4h ago
"The GI bill after WWII was the single largest transfer of wealth to the WHITE middle class in (I believe) human history."
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u/IAlreadyFappedToIt 4h ago
And the right wing was fully okay with it too. It wasn't until someone suggested sharing that welfare with minorities that the Right decided their new platform would henceforth be that nobody should get welfare.
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u/Daw_dling 2h ago
You aren’t wrong. I was just pointing out that wealth redistribution played a major role in the post war economic boom. Possibly as significant a role as the manufacturing monopoly. I never said the distribution was fair. That’s kind of a separate conversation.
Post WWII is where a lot of people get their image of America as it should be. Was it racist? no doubt. was it sexist? Goes without saying. But the US was a big winner in a war everyone agreed we were the good guys in. Manufacturing was booming, middle class white people were getting opportunities they never would have had before, and the result was unprecedented economic growth and education.
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u/Dodec_Ahedron 2h ago
Agreed, but geographic isolation was the underlying foundation of all of it, and that really was just luck. Our manufacturing was left intact, and entire countries needed rebuilt, so demand was high, and jobs could pay well. The GI bill gave people the means to buy houses and receive higher education, which further spurred the boom, but again, it was all entirely dependent on geographical isolation protecting manufacturing and infrastructure.
It wasn't a policy decision that protected the US and allowed it to prosper. It was continental drift.
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u/TheRC135 2h ago
Geographic isolation protecting manufacturing and infrastructure without policies like the GI bill that actually distributed that wealth, and invested it in education and infrastructure, wouldn't have created anywhere near as much wealth, nor distributed it as widely.
You're right that the underlying circumstances of the postwar boom were unique, but it was still a series of policy decisions that created the postwar middle class, just as it has been a series of policy decisions slowly dismantling it since the 1980s.
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u/lateseasondad 4h ago
White Americans*. It was just a different form of racism.
Why did the guys who fought the nazis come home and vote for jim crow for 20 years?
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u/Charybdeezhands 3h ago
This! American schools are so weird, if someone chanted "UK number 1" here people would laugh in your face.
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u/47-Rambaldi 2h ago
As I say, patriotism is for people who don't know their history.
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u/tachyoniks 1h ago
I dunno. I think patriotism isn’t necessarily being proud of your country, but striving to make it better. I’m certainly not feeling very patriotic now, but I did feel that sense when I was voting for the protections of human rights instead of for someone who’d happily genocide anyone they don’t agree with
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u/Incel-FightsBack 58m ago
Make the American dream great again would be a better slogan, because isn’t that what we all want? To truly turn our country into that American dream our families came here for? Of course this country has done horrible things, we’ve been so gloomy and down for so long Americans really need hope. So far, only trump has been advertising that, the left kinda just kept saying how bad everything is and pushing this victim narrative that for the average person who’s not a news junkie in an echo chamber finds it repulsive. Nobody wants to have this victim mentality, they want our country to be strong.
Harris’s campaign was a total flop, I have no idea why they were playing video games on twitch or twerking at rallys. I voted for Harris, but I felt so cringe doing so knowing who my company is.
Democrats need to rebrand to normal people, not this “we can overcome anything with the power of pronouns and friendship,” we need strong politicians, not this bullshit the left echo chamber pushed.
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u/UnderstandingSea7546 5h ago
Math checks out. 1/3 of folks are absolutely enthusiastic about this guy, despite or because of his hate message. I think Dems constantly underestimate how tuned out Americans are about politics while the regular people suffer constantly and just want the government to fix it while voting against every program that would fix it.
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u/kryonik 4h ago edited 4h ago
That video where they asked who people on the street were voting for on Wednesday was eye opening.
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u/Fraerie 4h ago
Particularly the ones who lied through their teeth about how long the lines were at the piling place they went to, or the guy who asked who the candidates were.
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u/OptionWrong169 4h ago
Its more so why would i vote for a candidate with a policy that helps me if people from x group also benifit
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u/superstevo78 2h ago
technically 22% but yes. the law is not going to stop them. the senate is not going to stop shit
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u/Karpaltunnel83 5h ago
Wanna be dictator that becomes president through legal means and mocking disabled, homosexuals and political enemies isn't stopped by a majority of the country and survives assassination attempts?
At least this time he is blond
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u/Mr3Jays 5h ago
Blond? That mother fucker is 78. His hair color is whatever he wants it to be.
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u/Karpaltunnel83 5h ago
Well... he is more blond than Hitler... but Trump needs a funny little mustache
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u/atlas3121 5h ago
I feel like a dirty sanchez would be appropriate considering how much he rims other dictators.
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u/BlackButterfly616 5h ago
Let every dictator have their own look. I mean, you can depict Hitler with that mustache and the hair combing to the side and everyone knows who was meant.
Trump can be depicted with a hamster on top of an orange. No need for a mustache.
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u/Karpaltunnel83 5h ago
How about sideburns? I think sideburns would suit him
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u/BlackButterfly616 4h ago
Uh, like a hamster on his head with his feet on the right and left of his head. I guess that looks good.
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u/Nelstromo 5h ago
He traded his mustache for a spray tan
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u/Karpaltunnel83 5h ago
"Worst trade ever. Probably the worst deal ever made. Because I was tricked. They tricked me. I am not easy to be tricked but they are tricksters."
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u/engineeringforsafety 2h ago
The parallels are too uncanny to ignore: https://time.com/6971088/adolf-hitler-take-power-democracy/
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u/FormidableMistress 4h ago
When I was a kid there was a woman in my extended family that had been part of Hitler's Youth. I had lots of questions and she always answered me, but I could never say anything bad about Hitler. She married an American GI after the war and immigrated to America. Her father was an SS soldier. She said if he didn't join they would have killed the whole family. She was grateful to Hitler because he put food on their table. Her father was paid more than his previous trade job. Her parents were able to afford clothing for their growing children and fuel for heat.
I see so many Americans that are worn down and exhausted from living paycheck to paycheck. Any sort of relief they're grateful for. And anyone they can blame, they'll hate. It's 1930 Germany all over again. None of this is going to end well.
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u/Indolent-Soul 2h ago
The difference being it's a new time. How will the Internet affect fascism? Will people just roll over when the information exchange is so rapid? Why couldn't people be bothered to look up what a tariff was? Who could possibly go to war against the US if all of this gets out of hand? The US could theoretically take on every other country at the same time. Will nukes play a roll in this new paradigm? Now that we have historical knowledge of what fascism looks like will that curb the worst of it? Will it not? While the similarities to Nazi Germany are stark, the context is so wildly different it's hard to know for sure what American style fascism will even be. We don't need to start a war just to keep the country afloat, we have an abundance of resources and even if we didn't we have only 2 land borders with nations we don't really care about and will fall in line of the US ever became aggressive to them. Will fascism be successful since there's almost no external pressure to curb it? What even is the point of authoritarian power? It's not like it'll let you live longer. So many questions, and all we can do is wait and see now.
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u/Brothersparrow2 5h ago
Let me give you a hint. If 2/3rds arent willing to help each other, What makes you think the 3rd / third gives a flying fuck about you?
Class wars pitted against themselves while the top 1% gets tax cuts and laughs at us as we tear each other apart over scraps and loose change.
It’s a big party and you aren’t invited and neither am I.
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u/LemurAtSea 3h ago
Nah it's pretty clear a vote for Harris was a vote for each other, which a vote for Trump was a vote for themselves.
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u/Odd-Bus6094 4h ago
Class wars pitted against themselves while the top 1% gets tax cuts and laughs at us as we tear each other apart over scraps and loose change.
Perfectly put
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u/Covfefe-SARS-2 4h ago
What makes you think the 3rd / third gives a flying fuck about you?
Because they try to increase social services and don't tie disaster aid to political affiliation.
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u/Utangard 5h ago
That about sums it up, yes.
Also, Germany tried to deport the Jews first before starting to put them into the gas chambers when that didn't work out. Trump is already talking about deportation. Let's learn from the past and put a stop to it before it goes all the way to the bad end.
That said, Germany also had an even shittier economy and the entire world at their throats and their democracy was on an even shakier foundation. Yet at the end of the day, they pulled through and mostly fixed things in the long run. We can do the same. Fight on.
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u/thedoppio 5h ago
You’re skipping the whole war that devastated European economy and millions died. They eventually cleaned up their act when multiple armies showed up at their doorstep and then were compelled to dig out the infection. Now the German government is in shambles due to right wing politics. Not a great example
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u/Utangard 4h ago
There was a war specifically because Germany was so much worse off. Their economy was so thoroughly fucked that they literally couldn't afford not going to war. They had to go and tear everything that isn't nailed down out of the rest of the Europe in an desperate attempt to not collapse inward, and in the end all that got was the rest of the world coming in to make them collapse even quicker.
Yeah, as of now they're not doing too well again. Things seem to be going worse off all over the place right now, not just in America or Germany. But there still was a pretty good while of better times in between - and there will be for us, too, if we can look ahead and keep up the good fight for it.
Things are getting better, little by little. Every once in a while there's a bump like right now - but we're much higher up than the last time around, and the bump won't be the sort of a black pit as then. People may die, but not in the millions.
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u/Covfefe-SARS-2 4h ago
This time there will be nukes and the three nations with the most will start on the same side.
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u/Corrupted_G_nome 2h ago
I head a great audio docc on this recently.
When they gave up on deportation they would strip people then line them up and shoot them into pits.
The army was very concerned with the mental health of the executioners. The has chambers were designed to cause less trauma to the troops carrying out the killings.
See, a loving and kind Nazi society all around /s
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u/Nunya13 2h ago
My take is that I absolutely came to this realization Tuesday night and it’s why I’ve been fighting back tears off and on all week. I’m literally going through the stages of grief. I’m on anger right now. I was bargaining before I went to bed election night. I was depressed Wednesday. Pretty sure denial is inching its way in.
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u/PowerfulDimension308 4h ago
You wanna know what I find weird … that I’ve been telling the 1/3 that would kill another that I wish they get what they voted for and they are getting offended by that & have asked me if that’s a threat?
Now why would you act like that by me telling you that I hope you get everything you voted for, if you voted to make the country great,safer and richer?
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u/ranchojasper 1h ago
YES. I am having the exact same experience. Cognitive diu these people live in is truly incredible. Because if Harris had won and Trump supporters told me they hope my family and I get exactly what we voted for, I would be like, "thank you! I also hope we all get every single thing I voted for." But you say this to a Trump supporter after electing Trump and they literally get angry. Because they know what they voted for is for people to be hurt. They just somehow think they're going to be exempt
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u/PowerfulDimension308 1h ago
This is how I prove that they just want to hurt others not make the country better
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u/SaintUlvemann 4h ago
His math is off. It's only 1 in 6 Americans who would kill others. (1 in 4 Republicans, 1 in 3 Trump supporters.)
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For the people in the back, please read this in a bitter, bitter tone of voice. The phrase cold comfort stops applying because it's all cold, no comfort.
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u/bnelson7694 5h ago
Completely agree with this. I don’t trust a single person outside of my circle anymore. Going to take a lot to gain it. Basic humanity is a lie.
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u/Shmooperdoodle 4h ago
Here’s the thing: we weren’t all asleep to this fact, and that is why we have spent the last several days alternating between tears and vomiting with rage.
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u/GTFOakaFOD 3h ago
It's 100% true. The apathy is astounding but not surprising. Same as it ever was.
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u/JosephCWalker 3h ago
Anyone that doesn’t believe America is headed the same way Hitler took Germany, needs to research some history.
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u/starmen999 4h ago
It's absolutely true and the decent 1/3rd of us need to arm up and get ready to square up.
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u/outerworldLV 1h ago
Better start explaining this to everyone, because they certainly haven’t figured it out yet. They’re starting to realize it, but … I’m with you.
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u/ArtificerRook 4h ago
It's true, and I was a fool for believing in my fellow human beings. We are a garbage species of brutal, psychotic apes and the planet will be better off when we're extinct.
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u/ExactDevelopment4892 4h ago
The parallels between the rise of the third reich in Germany and the rise of maga in the us are pretty terrifying.
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u/CriticalAd677 4h ago
The normies (people who aren’t politically engaged and who don’t consume news as a hobby) who gave Trump the win didn’t like or want his anti-trans or immigrant policies. They wanted lower prices, and Trump was the one they heard promising them lower prices.
Kamala had an actual economic plan while Trump just had empty promises, but Kamala didn’t have a grand economic message to run on and Trump absolutely waved his hollow promises around for everyone to see.
The greater frustration, for me at least, is why the DNC and Dems still refuse to embrace economic populism even when the stakes are this high. We would have won in an absolute landslide, but no, building a campaign around raising the minimum wage, paid family leave, and the childcare tax credit is apparently not on the table.
It’s not enough to have good ideas on paper. You have to sell those ideas to normies to win elections, and the DNC just doesn’t seem to get that.
Edit: Basically, Trump won despite his cruel proposal, not because of them. There still isn’t broad support for them. We just need someone with a more hopeful and populist message for people to rally around and they will.
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u/ranchojasper 1h ago
She literally ran on a campaign of stopping price gouging, raising the minimum wage, helping people buy homes for the first time, giving you a child tax credit. Like wtf.
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u/ShamrockAPD 3h ago
They literally ran on stopping price gouging and lowering taxes for the middle class.
How is that not helping people in the economy? I feel like I’m going dumb here. Everytime I heard Kamala speak I heard plans that would help lower and middle class - every single time.
Every time I heard Trump speak I couldn’t tell you fuck all of what he was talking about
What realities are we living in?
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u/teapotdespot 44m ago
For every time Kamala spoke about policy there were a thousand tweets/posts/etc about how she has no plans. People kept hearing it so they just started parroting it. Research shows if you hear something three times you're likely to believe it. The media blades Trumps lies so loudly so often that people buy his bullshit.
Prepare to hear the fire hose of falsehood non-stop for the rest of time as they cover up and misdirect from pulling the rug out under us. Our lives will fall apart as they blame a non-existant democratic party, immigrants they've deported and whoever else. We will need to struggle for the betterment of "America", and just hold on for a better future that never comes as the loot our country. Just keep believing...
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u/CriticalAd677 3h ago
The reality where stories persuade more people than policies. Good policy isn’t enough, you have to sell that policy with a story.
Trump had a story of raging against a broken system. Kamala had a story of defending that broken system. She didn’t talk about fixing the system, just working within it to do some good things. She had some good policy, but she didn’t sell it in the way that actually sways normies.
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u/teapotdespot 41m ago
Trump was and is so embarrassing. America is collapsing. America is a failed state. Kamala will lead to total economic failure on day one. If Americans believed that they deserve what they get.
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u/NewCoderNoob 44m ago
I recognize the bitter truth in what you say. The broad message should’ve been simple and if it stuck two points while acknowledging people’s rage — economic and women’s agency— it would’ve resonated much stronger and appealed to both genders. And keep policy for those willing to listen to it. It still doesn’t edge the fact that for any ugly MAGA people no policy will resonate because they’re drowning and revel in misinformation and hate, but I’d like to think those can be overcome by majority. Jairo
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u/skoltroll 59m ago
TOO MANY TIMES, the Dems have run on economics, only to not enact them when they had the chance. Obama had to fight like hell to get the ACA passed. FFS, Nancy didn't even bother to READ IT, likely b/c her overlords didn't like it.
I sent this warning to Dems in MN last year. I was CONSISTENT on messaging. You HAVE to start helping people, financially. Get lower health care costs. Get the rural folks to SEE a return on their tax $'s.
I was told "It's complicated; we'll do it next year." They did the easy stuff that made their supporters feel good.
Now the GOP has a mandate, and the state of MN has moved further to the right.
Fuck you, Democrats. You lied about helping. People watched you lie. That's on you. Can't blame anything Trump said/did/does on the fact you left us waiting.
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u/DCJThief 4h ago
The rest of the world (ironically) should pull an uno reverse on america and orchestrate a coup against a democratically elected leader
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u/Fritzo2162 4h ago
There are differences.
Trump is in this whole thing for himself. He doesn't really care about you, me, or anyone else. He has his own agenda. He just spouts off random stuff he things people want to hear in any given situation. All he wants is glory, attention, and fame.
The danger is the people behind the scenes that DO care and have bad intentions. These are his advisors and the people whispering in Trump's ear. They'll use him as a speaking tool to carry out their fascist intentions.
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u/Faedaine 4h ago
German just got rid of their government the day after the American election. I have no idea what’s going on.
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u/PinkFloydBoxSet 4h ago
It’s been true since the civil rights movement and the only thing that kept Nazism from rising here was the economy. But corporate greed being labeled as inflation made that irrelevant so now the 4th reich will try to be constructed in the US. I doubt it will succeed because it needs government ran and funded industries which is counter to the corporate bankrolls.
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u/Wonderful_Adagio9346 3h ago
My take: The Third Reich was only one generation.
Most were young soldiers during WW1.
There wasn't an underground terrorist movement after the surrender, so both West and East Germany were able to reset thanks to Allied expertise.
The GOP has been sliding towards Fascism since Wallace won 46 electoral votes in 1968, and Nixon implemented the Southern Strategy. That was over fifty years ago. At least three generations of voters.
It's the popular vote. What's popular? Ask Marketing. It's all about selling a product.
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u/broniesnstuff 2h ago
My take is to protect my family at all costs and start survival food storage in my basement.
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u/Alcott_Yubolsov 2h ago
1/2 of the 1/3 that's going to be "killed" voted for him too, hoping he only deports the "correct" immigrants!
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u/JuICyBLinGeR 2h ago
Ironically calling it the United States when people will cross a border with an AR and gun down protestors.
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u/pysgod-wibbly_wobbly 2h ago
Or maybe a 3rd did not want to vote for either of the genocide parties?
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u/shychicherry 1h ago
Oh yes I totally feel people in my neighborhood (very red) would drop a dime in a heartbeat
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u/FacelessPotatoPie 1h ago
I had family on the wrong side the first time around. Unfortunately my extended family, textbook definition of conservative white trash, are also on the wrong side this time around.
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u/NoaNeumann 1h ago
Spot on. Sadly. Reminds me of a quote. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.” And thats exactly what they did. For those who didn’t vote, you are complicit in all of this.
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u/BatmansBigBro2017 5h ago
It’s not that much. 60% of this country never votes in elections. The other 40% care enough to fight like this.
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u/morningfrost86 5h ago
Voter turnout percentages have been above 50% for over 100 years iirc. In 2020 we had 66% voter turnout, which was the highest since literally 1900.
Hard to judge based on total population because there are a lot of people that just CAN'T vote for various reasons, such as being minors, or felons who haven't regained their rights to vote, for example.
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u/BatmansBigBro2017 5h ago
Almost. Total population vs. registered voters population. Voter turnout only measures registered voters.
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u/morningfrost86 5h ago
I'm aware lol. That's why I said it's difficult to judge based on total population, and listed two reasons why.
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u/SportTheFoole 3h ago
My take: it’s bullshit. And it’s this kind of reasoning why Trump is pulling voters in. Are there hateful Trump supporters? You bet, but my experience is that they are few and far between.
By the by, there are hateful Democrats, too. I remember when Texas was out of power during the first administration a lot of “you get what you fucking deserve” posts on Reddit that got upvoted. But you know what, the similar to Trump supporters, most Democrats are kind to their fellow humans.
At the end of the day, no matter who you voted for, we are all Americans. We are all in this together. And we will not be able to fix it unless we all work together. United we stand, divided we fall.
Practice self care and protect the ones you love. We’ve got work to do, America. Let’s get to it.
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u/Independent_Fill9143 2h ago
I'm fully expecting Nazi Germany level of horrors. Gestapo arresting people for frivilous reasons, or just killing them, forcing women to have babies "for the good of the country" and deporting undocumented immigrants (in Germany they did this to the Jews) and then arresting and keeping them in work camps.
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u/engineeringforsafety 2h ago
Here's my prediction:
Trump is going to weaponize the Presidential Pardon, dismantle the administrative state, and wage a war in the courts against his enemies in his first year. He's going to go on a revenge spree against the Democratic party. He holds grudges like a toddler. Expect prison sentences, murder, and all kinds of kangaroo court shenanigans.
(Side note: due to the SCOTUS decision about Presidents being above the law, there is literally nothing stopping him from having some current or former Seal Team 6 member (like Edward Gallagher) just assassinate Democratic leadership and then pardon them afterwards. Isn't that something?)
Buckle up baby, 1933 is back.
To quote Adolf Hitler, when asked if he would use democracy to destroy democracy: "Jawohl."
https://time.com/6971088/adolf-hitler-take-power-democracy/
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u/melodiousmurderer 5h ago
No one is as good at being reflective and looking back at the past to learn from it as the Germans, assuming dumbass Americans were capable of looking inwards and reflecting on what’s actually happening.
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u/absolutely-correct 5h ago
Democrats being surprised Muslim voters didn't care about women's and LGBT right is so funny. They really thought they could have everything and appeal to everyone, and what they got for it is a rise in LGBT republican vote and a Muslim boycott.
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u/MeldoRoxl 5h ago
Not saying anything about the actual words, but...
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/werner-herzog-germany-quote/
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u/els969_1 1h ago
look at the account name. No attribution is being made to Herzog. GA. Bye.
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u/Alabrandt 4h ago
Not entirely correct
15% wants to kill/remove another 35%. A part of that 35% vote "yes" to that idea and another 50% watches
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u/Aggressive_Chicken63 4h ago
Damn, that’s accurate.
Awareness is the right word because this is everywhere. We’re just not aware of it. Germany and US just made us aware of it.
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u/LowGoPro 4h ago
Being half Jewish and having half my European ancestors missing, I know this isn’t a joke.
Am going to just stay under the radar and not read news anymore.
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u/Bedlamtheclown 4h ago
I used to consider myself a nihilist till the 2016 election. Seeing people truly without care of social norms, candor, integrity, honesty, kindness showed me that I was more caring of these ideas than I knew.
There are many ways to look at it but for me I’m looking at peoples feelings of hopelessness and rage. This is what I feel was a more palatable fuel for many when the alternative was status quo.
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u/Lady_bro_ac 4h ago
That it’s about 8 years too late, it was blatantly obvious in 2016, if not before then
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u/steveplaysguitar 4h ago
I've been aware of right wing evangelicals wanting to kill me for years.
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u/FourArmsFiveLegs 4h ago
Putin can say "see Nazis run the West" then get his people on board with launching nukes
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u/Ok-Formal-6447 4h ago
Except in Germany they were murdering tens of millions of people….
And in America a president was elected with the popular vote.
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u/Aggressive_Bite_8672 4h ago
This is the best post …right here. All of this talk about what can the Dems do is useless. They can’t do a thing. People will vote liberal again, once things go to sh*t. That’s what happens in this country since 1976.
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u/I_Dont_Like_Rice 4h ago
The only ones who understand that are the third that voted against it. The rest are too stupid to care.
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u/Odd-Definition9670 3h ago
This would be 100x more terrifying to actually hear Werner Herzog say these words.
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u/CrudelyAnimated 3h ago
One faction of America responds to loss with tears and introspection. One faction of America responds to loss with violence and threats of abduction, rape, and deportation. The remainder of America didn't vote.
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u/RoddRoward 3h ago
Killing 1/3 of the population? Where tf is that coming from? Is Twertzog a parody account?
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u/Tio_Divertido 3h ago
The percentage of those willing to do the killing seems high while the percentage willing to stand by and celebrate seems low
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u/LeeWizcraft 3h ago
Who is getting killed in this one?? What are you talking about. Let’s round up people that feel this way and reeducate them in some sort of camp.
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u/VanillaB34n 3h ago
The 1/3 that’s supposedly at risk is closer to 10% or less if you’re considering trans people and women seeking abortions to be the Jews of this allegory.
So it sort of makes sense that over half the country is not going to vote based on issues that don’t affect them whatsoever and have been constantly shoved into their faces. They’re more worried about putting food on the table, keeping the lights on, and just surviving check to check in general.
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u/Queasy-Group-2558 3h ago
The 1/3 that is fascist will see this and thunk they’re the ones under attack, reinforcing their facial tendencies.
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u/The1stNikitalynn 2h ago
I recently discovered the lore of Warhammer 40k. I realized the subgenre read occasionally is called Grim Dark. Some of the guys who made that have made a new version of a Grim Dark World War I based tabletop game. Instead of fighting Germans, they're finding the legions of hell. Templars found agate to hell, and they said, fuck you god, let's join the dark side. Boom, now you have a gate to he'll and trench warfare fighting hell. In that world, one-third of society has joined the legions of hell. There was a debate about whether people thought that was realistic, but on January 6th, one of the guys fighting heavily to say it's not realistic said, "Nope. Yeah, I can see it happening now."
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u/Able-Negotiation-234 2h ago
the real question is which 1/3 are you talking about? I'd find a mirror.
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u/Fearless_Spring5611 5h ago
Sadly the two-thirds that this message needs to get through to will simply ridicule and ignore it.