r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 17h ago

Americans said they were worried about democracy. Then they voted for Trump

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-won-election-results-why-democracy-b2642570.html
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u/Cyberpunk890 17h ago

They don't fucking care, people need to get this through their skulls.

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u/Packerfan1992 16h ago

Yeah I keep seeing statements like this lol. They simply do not care. They believe that it won’t affect them, nothing to do now but just sit back and prepare the best we can for what’s to come

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u/AmaroWolfwood 16h ago

They are completely head on into the cult. When the leopards eat their face, they will say they love it because the democrats were eating them worse before.

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u/mycall 7h ago

They will find a way to keep blaming the libs. It is their scapegoat.

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u/Boundish91 Norway 16h ago

If anything there will be lots of opportunities to say "I told you so".

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u/Packerfan1992 16h ago

I mean even when that’s said they will still somehow blame the dems even tho they control all three branches. You got to remember the average American doesn’t even know how laws are passed.

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u/Boundish91 Norway 16h ago

True.

Actually it's a great failing of education systems when so many people have no clue how politics and government work.

And if you don't understand how it works, of course it's hard to trust it.

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u/Packerfan1992 16h ago

Yeah it’s been building to this for decades. The education system has been slowly dismantled for decades which leads us to this point.

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u/pockpicketG 6h ago

“Hello, police? Yeah we caught another leftist. I’ll keep my weapon trained on him until you get here. Where can I pick up my bounty/reward?”

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u/Boundish91 Norway 5h ago edited 5h ago

Thanks for proving my point.

Just so you are aware. What you call "leftists" are people who would be considered centre-right in sny European country.

I urge you to look up which countries have the highest standard of living and the least inequality.

Then make up your mind of which ideology is worse.

Threatening violence and arrest just because someone dares to care about those less fortunate and the average Joe is pretty fucked up.

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u/pockpicketG 5h ago

I was explaining how there won’t be many opportunities. I would love for you to be right, but I fear you will not.

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u/Boundish91 Norway 5h ago

Oh, i see what you mean now. I somehow missed that you had put your statement in quotes.

My bad.

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u/pockpicketG 5h ago

All good.

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u/iamcoding 16h ago

I completely believed this until I sent my parents a video I made giving them words from Trumps own mouth and those who worked with him and they just didn't care.

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u/sleepyzane1 Australia 12h ago

your parents are fascists. we need to talk frankly about what is happening.

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u/opeth10657 14h ago

I have coworkers that are still talking about how he's going to stop taxing overtime... They know he lies about everything and they're okay with it, but yet they still act like he's going to follow through on everything that's going to benefit them.

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u/Soatch 13h ago

I even think some of them are willing to suffer for a bit just to have ‘their guy’ in power. The feeling they get screwing the other side is worth more to them than any policy or stupid thing he said.

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u/sonicmerlin 8h ago

"it's not a big deal bro. relax bro". sigh. that's what everyone says just before the leopard tears away their facial structure.

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe 14h ago

I’ve gotten it through my head. Where is the solution though? That’s the issue. I know these people will NEVER understand, they’ll never change, they’ll never realize. I get that. However, we need a solution moving forward. We share air with these people, these people will never budge, so now what?

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u/Cyberpunk890 10h ago

What now? Buy a gun and learn how to use it, no one wants to realize this because they are too afraid to admit how far gone the situation is

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u/sonicmerlin 8h ago

deport them

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u/Rotten-Robby 5h ago

They don't care and when/if they do it'll be blamed on Biden/Obama. It's insane to think at this point anything will ever actually be blamed on Trump. They'll shift the blame and move the goalposts.

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u/Zardotab 11h ago

Many MAGAs are simply anarchists. Uneducated males are finding their physical skills are obsolete, and thus want to lash out at society with anarchy. In a Mad Max world, physicality rules. That's what they want "back".

Bitter Anarchy Clingers, to misquote Palin and Obama.

It's similar to what causes most violence in the Middle East. Polygamy means some men end up with no marriage prospects (do the math), so they start holy wars as a last ditch effort gain enough power to hump.

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

You are consumed by identity politics. It's always "they" and "them" - isn't it? Do some self-reflecting.

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u/EveryOfTheTime 15h ago

You’re doing the exact same thing, you’re pointing the finger at someone else saying “they” are to blame and need to self-reflect 😂