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[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Absolutely. In 2020 I asked the biggest trump supporter I know if he was better off then or four years ago. It's not the fairest question, but I knew that then. There's a lot of circumstances that effect it.

In 2020 he had no job (for years), was living with his mother, and swore he was keeping track of his "debt" with her that totalled in the tens of thousands. In 2016 he had a job, and had his own apartment. He said he was doing better in 2020.

In 2024 he had a higher paying job than he ever had before, and had bought a house. I didn't ask him the question though. I was pretty sure I knew what he would say. He did say he was glad RFK would make us label our food ... As he was drinking a soda that had the ingredients labeled, like most of our food.(Oh or is it the "natural and artificial ingredient" secret recipe crap that's killing us that you still can see on the label and avoid, and not the high fructose corn syrup with 120 percent your daily allotment?)

I'd say that's detaching from reality when politics get concerned.