Look at the discussions here and the frequent cries of “Trump isnt against immigration just illegal immigration” all while the governing infrastructure being put in place around him explicitly said the opposite, and Trump generally used the term “illegal” not as a factual status but as a qualifier he could apply to anyone he felt deserved to be attacked.
This election cycle was utterly bizarre at the degree to how large amounts of the electorate simply invented their own realities about what the election was about.
MAGA is having a war because the people who think they bought the presidency didnt care that their aims are 180 degrees from what MAGA want. They viewed MAGA voters as rubes who could be exploited as a path into political power and then then be discard as the worthless shit stains they viewed them to be. No one looks down their nose at MAGA voters more than the upper echelons of the MAGA movement.
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I expect lots of infighting, and it is good to see it start already. Musk’s comments are miles worse than Hillary’s deplorables. Let’s see how long old Elon will be the shining light.
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Trump wants to become King of America - Musk wants to become King of the World
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The problem is that we end up with something akin to a Manchester derby, where what we really want is not really possible - both sides to lose.
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True, but if one side is 7th and the other side is 14th, I’ll take it!
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Assuming some disgruntled MAGA warrior doesn’t Mangione him first.
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@Nobluff is strangely silent.
But then again, none of this affected them personally, ever.
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That’s always a danger for any big figure with a big mouth, and even though he is rich and has security, in a country with 400M+ firearms, the bulk of which are in the hands of angry MAGA types, it should be a concern for him.
Obviously I don’t wish that on anyone.
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By the next presidential election, the Dems will be the Republicans and Elon and his oligarchs will have their pick of parties and policies.
Dems are now systemically rotting and useless.
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The pernicious effect of the neoliberal agenda which has been dragging the electorate rightward over the last 45+ years, even though it isn’t in their best interests.
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The entire holier than thou attitude has fucked them up bigtime.
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isn’t that the whole point. Nothing does really matter. It’s not like Trump’s going to upend the entire structure totally. He’s probably going to push it somewhat on overdrive.
US politics and their voters , by and large , have no clue.
Exceptions…ofcourse , and there are many of them. In this forum too.
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That’s not unique to the US, of course.
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Do you see me disagreeing ?
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Your tone is disagreeable. But that’s par for the course.
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I really don’t like democracies. But they seemingly are the least worst of the lot.
That’s akin to disliking leprechauns.
They don’t exist.
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liking this post because i couldn’t be bothered on explaining further
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People understand the populist message then vote for more of it when populism fails
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