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Literally in a car with an immigrant right now who voted Trump because things were cheaper before covid.
FFS.
I don't expect everybody to be politically aware, but there's "not politically aware" and then there's whatever that is.
Stupid?
So sad that dumbasses who think the President controls grocery store prices and gas prices have done this to us all.
I voted for Harris and my state went red for Trump as usual. Just sad and disgusted at it all today.
How do you expect people to think any differently when there is nobody combatting that narrative at the national level? That is something the Democrats could have been hammering on.
Instead of mocking people like this, us on the left really need to understand them and how to appeal to them better than Trump. Dude is a billionaire and managed to convince working people he's on their side. He's winning the populism game because no one else is even playing it. Time to beat him at his own game
I don't pretend to know how to accomplish this. I may be completely wrong here, but two things that have to go:
There's almost certainly more to do as well, but those things stand out to me. Also, it seems hard to believe that we could make any progress on these fronts given the current situation.
Grocery stores are making record profits. Do they really think they are going to voluntarily cut prices? They know there will be no oversight under trump (not that Biden did anything about price gouging). Prices are going to go up even higher.
Not if people don't have enough money, then they'll take the five finger discount.
I wouldn't put it past the stores to ask for an executive order to make theft punishable by losing fingers.
Anecdotal evidence that the right is for the uneducated.
uneducatable
Solid distinction.
Religion primed the rubes, and a new godhead told them he is their salvation.
Anecdotally... About 75% of the right that I know/met.
The other 25% is a mix of racism, greed, and conspiracy theory.
Every time they'll be complaining about the price hikes under Trump, just remind them of why they voted for Trump. This is the best course of action against "collective amnesia" as we call it in Hungary.
Oh alongside the loss of benefits they rely on (which I told them about), the pandemic potential with the worst Kennedy, even their friends which are of varying ethnicities and going to be targeted, the list is.... Long.
Are they here legally?
Yes, but that doesn't matter to republicans.
It matters to MAGA Republicans. Your friend is a legal immigrant, he's here to stay and we 100% welcome him.
If they keep saying it, maybe it'll be true just like the 2020 election fraud!
Yep, their plan is to remove all immigrants
Absolutely not at all
A lot of their own parents and grandparents are going to have to go then. The leopards will not go hungry.