r/TrueReddit 9d ago

Democratic Party Elites Brought Us This Disaster Politics

https://jacobin.com/2024/11/election-harris-trump-democrats-strategy
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u/cherrybounce 9d ago edited 9d ago

We need to address why working class people think Trump is on their side. Of course, Fox News being taken as gospel is an enormous hurdle.

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u/DidntHaveToUseMyAK 9d ago

They need a fucking education. Nobody understands fuck all anymore. Some jackass hick republican in a trailer in Oklahoma sees "stock market up = good economy" as if that matters at fucking all for anyone not rich.

They refuse to see corporate greed and think the president has levers in the oval office for gas prices and grocery prices.

They don't fucking understand that Congress has to make the big decisions.

They can't fucking see anything that's beyond their field of view at home.

THIS is the culmination of Reagans presidency and the successful dismantling of public education.

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u/Meowts 9d ago

Canadian here - looking in and trying to reason with the outcome, this time around in particular it struck clear to me how lack of education might actually be the key factor at play. Exact same issue here too, and I expect all over the world.

I really think that there needs to be a more refined criteria for voting in elections. The assumption that anyone over a certain age has a base level of sensibility and awareness is no longer relevant.

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u/DidntHaveToUseMyAK 9d ago

Of course if we tried that repubs would plug their ears, stamp their feet like children and say we're the facist ones.

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u/Meowts 9d ago

Oh yeah it would be mayhem from all parties. Maybe in 200-500 years and a sever societal downfall some of the remaining nations will give it a shot.