• Apytele@sh.itjust.works
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      it’s wild to me that they’re considered progressive when like. my aunt is literally an old white bitch that romanticizes the kennedys as “american royalty.” Like don’t get me wrong they’re way better but like in the sense that they don’t want to just like. Shoot me. They still want me to know my place as a peasant. They’re not gonna do anything that’s going to risk them actively losing any power in the normal electional way. They’re just crossing their fingers that the other guys won’t just like. Start shooting. We’re reaching the point where it’s the dems that are regressive in that they want everything to stay the same and it’s the alt right that’s pushing for change. It’s terrifying genocidal change but it’s attractive to a certain segment of the population on the sole merit that at least it’s technically change.

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        There is this old joke: “The US has two parties: The conservatives, and the Republicans…”

        People may be stupid, but not blind. They see that things are bad, and want change. The “old” Dems promise status quo, stability, business as usual, maybe even business like in the good ol’ days. That is like the textbook definition of conservative. The MAGA people promise and deliver change. Sure, might not be good change. But it’s change.

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      I think the only thing I could have in common with a Trump supporter is that we can agree the Democrats are useless, and that the Republicans can get shit done.

      Republicans are also pure evil, and only work to create as much pain and suffering as possible.