• whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website
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    1 month ago

    Of course. Does their voter base strike you as people who give two shits about their own well being?

    They run on spite. They don’t want to win- they just want you to lose. And they’ll pretend to believe whatever might have to be true to make them feel like you have.

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        1 month ago

        Sure, if “caring about their own well-being” = “maintaining their very fragile shitty worldview and trying to hide their pants-wetting cowardice about anything unfamiliar,” sure.

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        1 month ago

        It seems to be necessary that they both be personally affected, and recognize that, for them to start caring.

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        1 month ago

        This is accurate. I have a decent amount of Republican family and friends and this week was the first time I’d seen them go, “wait, oh HELL no.” I mean there is now a Republican group that is suing this administration for not following due process and circumventing Congress. That says a lot.

        Just think about a retiree boomer who had their savings wiped out. What’s left to lose? Personally, I think there is a Julius Ceasar moment coming. Not condoning that but the writing is on the wall.