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[–] 107 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't like to make fun of where people live, because everyone has different circumstances. But it is severely mind-boggling that people who do live in rural, less economically-inclined areas think that a narcissistic, city-slicking conman has their best interests in mind. This person may remain in that mobile home forever while Trump and his cadre of billionaires continue to siphon them for every penny, and that's depressing.

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  • [–] 23 points 9 months ago*

    Before Trump went off on Obama and immigrants he was the East Coast Liberal™ these people loathed. I could maybe see younger folks being fooled, but FFS, did no one know what Trump was like in the 80s and 90s?! He was America's laughing stock. The man released Trump, The Board Game and the entire country laughed our ass off.

    Bloom Country, easily the finest snapshot of 80s America, ended in 1989 with Trump buying out the comic strip and firing all the characters, so unseriousness and ludicrous all we could do was laugh.

    Anyway, if anyone wants to know what America was really like in the 80s, Bloom Country is readily available online. And here we are with the air traffic controllers, AGAIN!

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Depressing but not undeserved. These people have some less than altruistic reasons for electing the con man.

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  • [+] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Not some. All. We all got to live through his first term and the failed insurrection with the Jan 6ers. The fact they voted for him a third time is proof they didn't care about any of that.

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  • [–] 75 points 9 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 39 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    But being poor is how you know they’re wrong! 😑

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  • [–] 38 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    If one wanted a generous interpretation, it could be pointing out the irony in a poor person advocating for the interests of the rich that keep people like themselves in that position.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Let’s ignore that low income people are more likely to vote for Democrats, or the underlying classism inherent in using the size and value of someone’s home when it comes to determining if their arguments are worth listening to. Somewhere there’s a guy like that, so let’s just make him the symbol of all of them!

    Minus the political signs, this looked pretty similar to my childhood home. Regardless of what OP intended, how do you think it feels for people who actually did grow up in an old trailer to see stuff like this?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Im not saying the stereotype of "conservative people living in trailer park style homes" isn't classist, I'm suggesting that actively spreading it might not have been the objective of the OP, and that them doing so might have been more a case of not thinking through all the implications of what they were saying than an actual antipathy for people who live in cheap housing. I do realize its problematic even if so, I've spent a portion of my childhood in a place like that myself, I just felt a bit uneasy seeing some people here appear to assume the worse interpretation was the intended one when it still seemed ambiguous to me which it was, and that discomfort made me a bit defensive about it.

    This may be a naivety of mine, but I struggle to communicate myself a lot and as a result I tend to look for the most benign intent that could lead to a given statement and assume that one until proven otherwise, because whenever I end up being the person phrasing something poorly or in a way that causes offense, it feels a lot easier to handle and address when people calmly point out what is wrong with it and why than when people jump on it as proof of a character flaw, and it's very easy to project one's own struggles and modes of thinking onto other people one runs across, I guess. I'm probably overthinking it all.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    I think the meme is classist because it directs anger toward the people living in the pictured low-income housing. People who have the least control over the forces shaping their lives. Meanwhile, the billionaire class, who paid a hefty and blood-soaked price to keep them uneducated and inundated with right-wing propaganda, escape scrutiny.

    Don't get me wrong, the people in that picture probably suck. They're more of a symptom tho.

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    [–] 41 points 9 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 30 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    The house of the guy calling you a libtard. (In Moscow)

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    [–] 29 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Its either that or this and nothing in between

    (This is a picture of one of elon musk's houses)

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    [–] 27 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    I'd rather live there than the apartment I am in. 🤷‍♂️

    At least I could see nature from my bedroom window and not just a wall.

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    [–] 26 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That house looks sweet! Cool tree right there, plenty of nature, even a ramp. My appartment is less ada compliant than that.

    Also this post is some middle class bullshit.

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    [–] 20 points 9 months ago

    Talkin bout, "you got tds man"

    These people are so dumb its infuriating. Because there is no, I mean zero reasoning with them. Its like talking to a wall. "Abortion should be illegal " idk man, if your sister had aborted you then we wouldn't be in this mess

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Hey, ain't nothing wrong with a trailer home. My dad just bought one for his first home he's owned in his 60s.

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    [–] 17 points 9 months ago

    I'm not anti-trailer. I lived in more than one, including a trailer park.

    I'm very anti-dogs being neglected, with chains around their necks, tied to trees with 6 foot leashes, etc.

    I can't do much about it maybe, but I can definitely close you in my car door rather than giving you an Uber ride, asshole.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Yup, but he owns it without a mortgage, probably owns the land it's on, and his taxes are half of mine. So...

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    [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    In this market? Can't blame 'em. If that's what it takes to have a space to live, so be it.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    It's either this or a giant brand new home in a manicured gated community, there is no in between

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Travel the back country highways of Alabama and you'll see it is like that. Alabama has improved drastically in the last 10-years, but the wealth gap is right there in plain view.

    Trailer, trailer, trailer, beautiful home, trailer, 2 beautiful homes, trailer, trailer, on and on.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Well, I can't afford even a small house in the foreseeable future and that trailer looks cozy, except for that TRUMP poster. Ngl, now I want that

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Aw man, they own a home too? 😅

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    Y'all have houses?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago*

    Needs at least 2 more broken down parted-out pickup trucks or cars, several dozen Trump and America flags, and much more random junk all over the lawn. Bonus points if none of said vehicles or junk have moved in years.

    Having looked through towns on Streetview in states like WV, I've seen a lot of trailers and homes like that.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Counter point, smaller houses with more green space would be a great thing overall.

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    No, that's his grandma's house.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    You think I give a shit what the home of those that use "libtard" seriously looks like!? (Assuming we're not talking about the over the top, bootlicking signs of adulation for a politician that hates them that adorn so many MAGA households)

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    So they own a home too? More than i can say of 'libtards'

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I can't see the house of the guy calling me a NIMBY.

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