His die-hard core followers, the trailer park Nazis and redneck KKK, yes. But not the common folks who were somehow convinced that blatant lies and fascist proposals from a convicted felon and insurrectionist were somehow more acceptable than a terrible - but otherwise normal - democratic candidate. I guarantee you the latter will not have any patience for prices that don't come down as promised "on day one", missed social security paychecks, their holiday in Yosemite cancelled because the park is closed, inflation and high energy prices.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It depends on if their tolerance for economic hardship is higher or lower than their level of bigotry and racism.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That's the thing: I don't think a lot of the people who helped voting Trump in are actually bigots or racist, just misinformed naive fools. The harsh realities of life under Trump will quickly suss them out of their naivete.

At least this once: you can't fix stupid and they'll do it again next time someone tells them something they want to hear.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The last time Democrats won the white vote was 1964. 1964 also happens to be the year the civil rights act was enacted ending segregation. Draw your own conclusions.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

We like to pretend that was all in the distant past and things are different now. In some ways that's true, but at the same time there are a lot of black people alive right now who weren't allowed to use the same water fountain or attend the same school as white people. It's not as far in the past as most of us like to think it is.