99% of Americans are going to suffer the next 4 years because 49% of those Americans were conned into believing that hurting a few select minority groups would make things great. I still can’t wrap my head around that fact.
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For years, Dems have nothing but helped rural America, yet they are more comfortable w falsehoods. It's time they find out who are responsible for their misery, the Rs.
Not 49% of Americans, more like 32.7% of eligible voters, which is not all Americans of course. Trump got 49+% of votes cast, that's all... It's worse than you think.
I believe that people feel if they have someone to blame for their shit, it takes the responsibility off of them. Like “I’m a shitty person because of you damn migrants!”
It’s gross, but that’s where we are. Sad
This! This is why I have such a hard time with the #FAFO crowd because WE ARE ALL GOING SUFFER and we didn’t ask for this! Some of us had the wherewithal to vote for Kamala and to protect the rights of others and build on Biden’s legacy. Now that all falls away.
We've been suffering this whole time. The working poor & marginalized communities have been suffering. Our suffering has protected them from sharing in our suffering. It's time they felt it, too.
States run by GOP do nothing to help their citizens. Sorry but true. Blue states supporting Red states. And sadly I think it will get worse when states like California hold back.
Nothing to apologize for in that statement. I live in a very red state. I see it every day. I long for the day when Blue states stop funding red states. I can't wait. MAGAts in the find out phase is my new kink.
I can’t either. It’s unimaginable to me.
I think that most of the blame (besides the greedy, non tax paying billionaire criminals, belongs with the extreme Right news stations like Fox (faux) News, One News Network, Newsmax, and the other “alternate reality” news/entertainment channels.
#FakeNews
Excellent article about who we really are-not all of us! But enough who are disinterested and enough who are filled with hate to give us once again-a despicable traitor and his treasonous mob who are a clears and present danger to us and the world!
Make absolutely no sense. And it's even less than that when you think of the total population somewhere around 33%. I thought Americans were smarter than this. I was wrong.
Don't forget to add the 80 million apathetic folks who didn't vote. To correct your numbers: 99% are held hostage by 31% mostly white males who want a white ethno state.
Or they just were not engaged enough to care. A LOT of young white women I know didn't so much vote for Tangergine Tyrant so much as they said idiotic things to me like: “I just don't CARE about politics! I only care about my kids! I hate all the fighting and I don't want to talk about it!” 🫣🙄
Now around 10% if not more of them regret their vote suddenly they woke up to reality learned there was something called the Google search engine and finally decided to use it or were reminded of how racist he was as if they needed reminding after the first four years too late.
How did Christianity spread following the crucifixion of Jesus? By (a) a misreading or misinterpretation or twisting of Jesus's words that results in fear of "the other", and (b) by the sword.
Some people like to be extremely mean cause it makes them feel powerful. If they loved as much as they hated, they would be powerful beyond belief. An open heart is an abundant source of creation. Closed heart is a source of destruction.
MAGA has been conned into believing they are saviors who will unify the country bc the left is a divisive, relentless, & abusive enemy who will only be redeemed by falling in line to see the MAGA light. #fakeenemies
It helps to remember it’s not half the country, it’s 49% of *voters*- 76 million vs 167 million. I mean it helps me at least to remember it’s not a 50/50 chance I’m talking to a Trumper.
It’s not 49% of Americans! It’s 49% of those that voted! Those 49% represent 31% of eligible American voters! Stop saying 49%! It’s less than 1/3 of the electorate!
True. But they effectively rely on the shameful reality that 1/3 of the electorate couldn’t be bothered to vote at all. That group needs to be bothered.
Now let's talk about how the Senate is rigged by 5 mostly empty western states: Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, North Dakota and South Dakota. The population combined is less than the state of Maryland, but they get 10 senators and Maryland gets 2.
That's why the Constitution is anti-democratic. It is a relic of the 18th century. And millions now pay the price in suffering and poverty for the Founding Fathers mistake.
Those are well placed and considered words. But this is nothing new. America has always fallen short of its ideals.
So while things do seem more bleak... in the 60s, we were accepting violence for opposing war; the 50s, for being black; the 30s, for poverty; 1877 and 1892, walking picket lines.
Unpopular opinion I know… but thinking the election was stolen helped me work through the anger stage of grief. EM sweepstakes for new unlikely voters info… shockingly high numbers of bullet votes for just tfg… all seven swing states hitting the exact margins of victory to not trigger recounts.
Which makes no real difference. We’re too large to run on paper ballots counted by hand. If it only takes one line of changed code, and the buyer has two years to arrange the change during “testing” in the only 7 states that actually matter… then we can’t run our democracy by voting anymore anyway.
I think 4 years is optimistic. I am among those who think a “State of Emergency/ Reichstag Fire type gig is coming. We have a window to stop it. All this making nice for transition is a mistake. The leaders are not leading. It is like they are part of the plot by rolling over.
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It’s gross, but that’s where we are. Sad
I think that most of the blame (besides the greedy, non tax paying billionaire criminals, belongs with the extreme Right news stations like Fox (faux) News, One News Network, Newsmax, and the other “alternate reality” news/entertainment channels.
#FakeNews
Time for Americans to realise they are nothing special, especially if you throw away everything that made you such a wonderful country
It’s deep doo-doo selfish insecurity.
Preventing change from the left while the extreme right pushes for change has a highly predictable result.
I mean, the 75% who don’t know anything!
That's it, that's the grand landslide, not even a third
Isn't it grand to not be throttled anymore like that other place....?
So while things do seem more bleak... in the 60s, we were accepting violence for opposing war; the 50s, for being black; the 30s, for poverty; 1877 and 1892, walking picket lines.
So, 74% of the Country screwed us over.? Yea, I hate people.