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I sincerely doubt most of these stories are actually happening. It's true. But I doubt the actual interaction occurred. Seeing this same story different ways all over the internet. I live in a region surrounded by right wingers and aside from those flags and occasional hats, I hardly ever hear anyone outright talk about their politics.
For this to be true, a MAGA diehard would have to have listened to an explanation of what a tariff is from a left leaning person they are trying to taunt, understood the explanation, and believed the explanation that left leaning person gave them that disagrees with what Trump has said.
I have no doubt many MAGA types could understand the explanation, but when in gloat mode, I seriously doubt much listening would happen. Even if they did listen, the chances of them believing that explanation over Trump's seem low to me.
I have a friend who has had success with pointing out that gutting social welfare systems means they won't get a check anymore.
But, those people were willing to have an actual conversation about it.
I literally had a very similar experience yesterday at a bar. (See my other post.) It definitely happens.
I actually believe it because it's exactly what happened in brexit. Conservatives voted to leave and then they found out what that meant.
Conservatives were so focused on winning that they didn't bother to actually look into Trump's "policies" and are now Pikachu faced when understanding it.
These are the same assholes that are going to completely forget two years from now that Trump raised prices and will still vote Republican in the midterms.
That's a succinct way to put it. It's definitely hilarious watching them bleed from their own hubris, though.
Times like these when being a petard salesperson really pays off.
As an European: The Brexiteers who "suddenly" were excluded from free travel and prolonged stays within EU due to their own voting gave a stream of similar stories. It was and is hilarious to watch.
I do believe that such dialogues are really happening and will continue to happen in the US around the clock from now on.
I particularly love the stories where they owned real estate or villas and they're like "this doesn't apply to meeeeee, right?!"
Narrator "It did in fact, apply to them."
Its like, what kinda moron asshole doesn't even hire or ask a lawyer to give them actual legal advice about this shit?
Just statistically they have to happen. There are millions of democrats with maga neighbors that cant shut up about shit but dont actually know what they are talking about. Whether these stories happen to the people that post about them is a different question.
There are millions of democrats with maga neighbors
Democrats be like:
🔴Cut out MAGAzis from their life.
🔴Treat MAGAzis cordially to find out how fucked they are going to be.
Considering Democrats lost ground with every single voting demographic, it would seem to me that they're going to have to quit being so smug and actually get on people's level, if only by necessity.
"I put a fascist in power because people pointed out my ignorance, and I don't want to change that."
-Typical 3x trump voter-
You're wrong.
And that's why Dems lost the election.
Look at Missouri, where we voted down an abortion ban in a landslide, passed a $15 minimum wage in a landslide, and still went fully red. These aren't bad people. They're people that are sick of being told to be joyful when they're working 2-3 jobs for the privilege of barely surviving in America, and it's happening under Democrats.
"I put a fascist in power because mcdonals tripled the price on a quarter pounder combo"
-Typical 3x trump voter apologist-
I'm not an apologist.
Just pointing out simple facts, and I'd think after this last election a reasonable person would get that repeating memes isn't terribly convincing.
Apologist : Noun : someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism.
Literally the definition from Merriam Webster.
For someone who is, apparently, capable of referencing facts, you have a remarkably difficult time processing them.
Anyone with the grasp on reality you are claiming for these voters knows that Trump will make anything they are already angry about worse for everyone including them.
But they pulled the lever for Trump anyway, because Democrats didn't talk nicely enough to them?
I have no money in the bank, and plenty of struggles of my own that Dems could have helped with far more than they have. I'm angry as hell at Democrats for a number of things. It wasn't enough to get me to pull the lever for Trump.
Every accusation, a confession.
Let's see, blames Dems for something that isn't their fault... Doesn't bother to take 2 seconds to research claim before spewing bullshit... "Nuh uh, I'm rubber you're glue" playground logic...
Starting to think you might be more than a trump voter apologist.
Believe it or not, any sufficiently large group of people will have people who behave differently within it
Find out their weaknesses for when the purge hits.
Bullets. Like most people, they are weak to bullets.
Taken from a 196 post i saw earlier
The fascists have found surprising success in choosing to make their suicides everyone’s problem. I’m not telling people to kill themselves, don’t, life is worth living even now, survival is a radical act, etc, but it is food for thought and a thing to contemplate why we let happen
Yeah, it's the "the train stood up and clapped" bullshit that people post on their socials.
If these people knew anything about history they'd know about President Hoover raising tariffs, which prompted every country we traded with to do the same, making everything more expensive and worsening the Great Depression. The thing is, for all the podcasts and 24-Hour news voters in this country consume, they don't know jack shit other than to pull the lever for whichever candidate their preferred news network tells them to.
ironically Trump's greatest fear is becoming hoover yet his favorite word is tariff
unstoppable force, meet unmovable wall
Please, he doesn’t know who Hoover is. He thinks that’s the vacuum entrepreneur that became president President then went on to run the cia…
I’m shocked. Not only does he know anything about early 20th century American politics and economics, but also apparently the my pillow lunatic has a media channel
And yeah, I suspect that there will be a crash in the next 12-18 months. The economy is fragile but recovering and he’s looking to do massive changes that aren’t well received by experts. He will probably drive us into a depression.
Not so much worsening the great depression as triggering it.