▲ 398 ▼ Trump tied with Biden despite most voters thinking he committed serious crimes (www.axios.com) submitted 3 years ago by GiddyGap@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 136 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 156 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 16 child comments replies: [+] SpaceCadet@lemmy.world 66 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] teraflopsweat@lemm.ee 48 points 3 years ago To them, he came that close to success… permalink fedilink source parent [–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 3 years ago Germany did that too. But the guy did a lot better in the first term and installed himself as the only Leader. He even got imprisoned, yet he prevailed. Please Murica, just do the right thing. The oter option isn't great, but you'll regret another Trump 4ys permalink fedilink source parent [–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) When Trump lost, they decided (and were propagandized into believing) that democracy had failed. Many of them genuinely believe that the democratic party is a fascist entity bent on destroying America. That's the scary part. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I think there are about three things in play here: Quite a lot of the republican base lives in a completely different reality thanks to campaigns of propaganda and destroying education. Charitably, the best way to describe these people is extremely ignorant. For them, these indictments are dem led witch-hunts that they mostly don't believe, even when you can literally see the opposite. EG: Should presidents take classified documents? No. What are these pictures? those are classified documents at maralago. Did Trump do something wrong? Now let me tell you about Hunter Biden and the Biden crime family... Quite a lot of republicans are bordering on sociopathy if not pure evil. The party in particularly, and not the voters, know they're peddling bullshit but they don't care because it's going to get them more money/power, which is the only real goal/ideology. Then you have the white supremacists and fascists that are just evil and are doing this for ideological reasons. Systems are designed in this country to perpetuate this. Literal minority rule is a founding principal of this country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CileTheSane@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Calling on my fellow Canadians to grab their shovels and dig a trench along the boarder so we can push off into the ocean and away from this clusterfuck. permalink fedilink source parent [+] eran_morad@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago I'm sorry but if you're going to try to overthrow thus democracy, you're not going to do it with a bunch of lawyers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zer0@thelemmy.club -4 points 3 years ago They have been voting "red" and "blue" liars for a century sure they are stupid... Keep in mind though that they are victim of propaganda, the whole system is rigged and needs to be healed permalink fedilink source parent
[+] SpaceCadet@lemmy.world 66 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teraflopsweat@lemm.ee 48 points 3 years ago To them, he came that close to success… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 3 years ago Germany did that too. But the guy did a lot better in the first term and installed himself as the only Leader. He even got imprisoned, yet he prevailed. Please Murica, just do the right thing. The oter option isn't great, but you'll regret another Trump 4ys permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) When Trump lost, they decided (and were propagandized into believing) that democracy had failed. Many of them genuinely believe that the democratic party is a fascist entity bent on destroying America. That's the scary part. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I think there are about three things in play here: Quite a lot of the republican base lives in a completely different reality thanks to campaigns of propaganda and destroying education. Charitably, the best way to describe these people is extremely ignorant. For them, these indictments are dem led witch-hunts that they mostly don't believe, even when you can literally see the opposite. EG: Should presidents take classified documents? No. What are these pictures? those are classified documents at maralago. Did Trump do something wrong? Now let me tell you about Hunter Biden and the Biden crime family... Quite a lot of republicans are bordering on sociopathy if not pure evil. The party in particularly, and not the voters, know they're peddling bullshit but they don't care because it's going to get them more money/power, which is the only real goal/ideology. Then you have the white supremacists and fascists that are just evil and are doing this for ideological reasons. Systems are designed in this country to perpetuate this. Literal minority rule is a founding principal of this country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago I think there are about three things in play here: Quite a lot of the republican base lives in a completely different reality thanks to campaigns of propaganda and destroying education. Charitably, the best way to describe these people is extremely ignorant. For them, these indictments are dem led witch-hunts that they mostly don't believe, even when you can literally see the opposite. EG: Should presidents take classified documents? No. What are these pictures? those are classified documents at maralago. Did Trump do something wrong? Now let me tell you about Hunter Biden and the Biden crime family... Quite a lot of republicans are bordering on sociopathy if not pure evil. The party in particularly, and not the voters, know they're peddling bullshit but they don't care because it's going to get them more money/power, which is the only real goal/ideology. Then you have the white supremacists and fascists that are just evil and are doing this for ideological reasons. Systems are designed in this country to perpetuate this. Literal minority rule is a founding principal of this country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CileTheSane@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Calling on my fellow Canadians to grab their shovels and dig a trench along the boarder so we can push off into the ocean and away from this clusterfuck. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] eran_morad@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tastysnacks@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago I'm sorry but if you're going to try to overthrow thus democracy, you're not going to do it with a bunch of lawyers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zer0@thelemmy.club -4 points 3 years ago They have been voting "red" and "blue" liars for a century sure they are stupid... Keep in mind though that they are victim of propaganda, the whole system is rigged and needs to be healed permalink fedilink source parent