They get a steady daily diet of Fox News and Facebook algorithms. My neighbor actually thinks Doge is making our institutions less corrupt and more efficient. It’s frustrating. It’ll take them getting personally affected (maybe), but I can’t believe how they don’t see it now.
Some are smart enough to see what happened and do something about it -
Neither Canada or Australia wanted what they saw in ‘Murica, and a few folks here may just take note and remember they still have the responsibility to resist
No - it is not up to us to change the "clueless". It is up to us to defeat them and remove them from civil society. They are still fighting the civil war and reconstruction. You don't change evil - you defeat it.
They have to hear the real news. But with the Oligarchy’s grasp on MSM, how? It’s simply not true social media/new media can reach the masses.
So not a solution, sorry. But a key hurdle to overcome!
It will once the reality of the tariffs kicks in. People will take notice once their wallets are affected. Sad, but true.
I hear shelves will start to become noticeably emptier in 2-4 weeks.
Is it terrible that i hope they suffer the consequences of their actions??? Is that the only way they will maybe realize what is happening? My pain is fresh. Daughter , 14 years government job, MBA, high security, lost her job with CDC last night. F Musk and trump and their regime.
I was assisting a customer and she mentioned what a shit show social security is and her difficulties with getting assistance. She then said, “But don’t worry sis, with tRump back we will all be rich soon!”
It is very hard being a public librarian in a deep red state.
I may have missed it--has a plan been proposed on toppling Heir Trump? If I had any pull I would organize a paralyzing occupation of D.C., a pilot's strike, rail strike, trucker's strike... let's just say a lot of strikes, and mass demonstrations at all state capitals.
We are a country grown accustomed to laissez-faire democracy. We accepted corruption as long as we could still afford fast food and gas.
As a nation we decided that disinformation and propaganda were acceptable as free speech. We allowed liars, conmen and thieves to infiltrate our institutions.
I live in a tiny county in deep-red Trump-McConnell Kentucky, and people here are still thrilled with their choice. They've been looking forward to the destruction of the secular govt for a very long time, and they've been living in poverty for so decades, so they dgaf about economic collapse. . . .
Will people die if the economy collapses? Yes, but nine people in our tiny county died of covid in a three-month span, and they still refused to get vaccinated or wear masks. I know one lady who complained when her teen chose to wear a mask at school--called her kid's mask a face diaper. . .
It's tempting to say FAFO about people here, but you must acknowledge an uncomfortable truth: if people weren't mired in poverty, it'd be a lot harder for white christian nationalists to radicalize them. They can barely feed their kids, and they're rightfully pissed & happy to watch it all burn down
Mitch McConnell you say. Funny, McConnell has been their guy all these years. He kept them in poverty & they kept voting for him. He’s a rich POS & they support him. He shot down the removal of Trump both impeachments. So no kidding they want to watch it burn. They are destructive hillbillies.
I've been voting against Mitch McConnell my entire adult life, and I can tell you exactly how he kept getting reelected: churches illegally telling members how to vote. People here rely on churches for help because they're so damned poor, and it's no wonder many wound up radicalized. . . .
I get it--it's real easy to say "those dumb hillbillies keep voting against their best interests" when you don't understand that poverty makes us incredibly easy to manipulate via religion. The rest of the country is finally getting a taste of what rural Kentuckians have been up against for decades.
In addition to those that get it vs. those that do not, there is yet a third group. There are many who intellectually acknowledge this regime's threats to our democracy. But they are too overwhelmed by the scope and pace of these attacks to take action.
Or they are still trying to analyze these attacks using past administrations as a point of reference. In either (or both) cases, they are somewhat like deer in the headlights: Possessing the intellect to see what's coming, but frozen with fear to take action.
Also, among those that say they are desperate for action, there seems to be a very wide variety of ideas they want action on and how.
And yet so many calls for action have zero specifics, seemingly to reach out to all of them with no focus. Which creates no focus or actionble comminity.
The group you speak of is bigger than people realize . Almost everyone I know is in the 3rd group . They’re too overwhelmed by everything. They don’t want to deal with it and they’re alienating anyone that’s trying to get them resist.
As crazy as it sounds… they need more time to see/ suffer/ realize .. they bought into all kind of wackiness for a while. It will take a while to get out of “it”.
"It is easier to fool people than to convince them they've
been fooled" Mark Twain. Years away...
at least a generation.
We need to know how to deal with THAT reality, as quickly as possible.
Every Catholic I know will not approve of that photo . They just lost their pope and they’re trying to select a new pope. You’re right this is probably a wake up. Call for a lot of people.
The people you are wanting to change and be aware are simply incapable of it. You can show them direct evidence that tRump is a criminal and they just do not care.
I am begging people to stop talking to unknown people & probably bots about your stances &what this administration is doing to our country. Talk w/ people face to face. You’ll start realizing we are all on the same page but their algorithms aren’t allowing the message to get through. Be the message.
I don’t think Americans are suffering enough yet. But they will, and they will get it. But it might be too late by then. Time will tell. It’s a very scary situation. ❤️
Finally spoke to my dad yesterday and I am way more alarmed than I was before at all he doesn’t know is happening. Because he watches only FoxNews. He is clueless.
The fear of admitting that they were conned... The willingness to allow atrocities rather than admitting a misinformed judgement... Pride of the misled is the new enemy. Not the generally ignorant, but their pride.
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When the pain and loss hits the cult, they will awaken and blame Biden.
People are slow to change.
And many like the cruelty. They voted for it. Let them experience it.
Neither Canada or Australia wanted what they saw in ‘Murica, and a few folks here may just take note and remember they still have the responsibility to resist
But are we learning?
How?
This person noted, as some kind of see-it's-getting-better-now thinking that Costco had lots of eggs when they shopped there.
Category: Doesn't "get it" or "yet have a clue."
It's Time To Wake Up Now
So not a solution, sorry. But a key hurdle to overcome!
I'm just supposing...
@youranoncentral.bsky.social
#anonymous
I hear shelves will start to become noticeably emptier in 2-4 weeks.
https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3loctauimh22j
It is very hard being a public librarian in a deep red state.
What are we so afraid of?
Why are we so apathetic about the loss of our Constitutional Republic?
Why are we so sure someone will "fix" this?
As a nation we decided that disinformation and propaganda were acceptable as free speech. We allowed liars, conmen and thieves to infiltrate our institutions.
After that, everything was for sale - including our Republic and her Constitution.
that is what is happening
no it is not funny
And beyond that, i keep seeing people say "time for action" and there's a WIDE variety of ideas that are very different on that.
But almost all the posts seem to be nonspecific? So karma farming?
And yet so many calls for action have zero specifics, seemingly to reach out to all of them with no focus. Which creates no focus or actionble comminity.
#activism #tagthemedia
Greenland sure as hell isn't gonna come here and work for the pos walmart family and become a paying tax payer...
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been fooled" Mark Twain. Years away...
at least a generation.
We need to know how to deal with THAT reality, as quickly as possible.
By the end of May all of us will have gotten a pretty good dose of FO.
Sadly, the stupid doubled down and here we are.
We have to get Nectarine Nero and his regime out of office ASAP!
Education and mobilization of voters is essential if Democrats ever want to win an election again. If there are elections ever again!
if Democrat voters shunned FB after.....
.....Mark "need more masculine energy" Zucherberg
supported Trump.....this would NOT have hapenned
selfishness and laziness is going to destroy democracy in the US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPLvBO_2Gn0