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[โ€“] Blakey@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not American so I have to defer to your judgement, but is this really true of the broader public? Obviously yes die hard trump supporters are gonna be freaks about it, but just average people?

[โ€“] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My view is that average Americans are comfortable letting it happen. Like the "treats-pilled" analysis often brought up here is IMO a 1-1 representation of how the average American operates. But I've always been a pessimist so maybe take my analysis with a grain of salt.