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“I Didn’t Vote to Lose My Job”: DOGE Destroys $1.2 Trillion Industry as Rural Workers Bear the Cost (thedailyadda.com)

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Terry Zink has spent 57 years building a life in Montana’s backcountry. The 57-year-old third-generation houndsman from Marion—a remote town nestled deep within the Flathead National Forest—runs a small archery target business serving outdoor recreation workers and guides who, until recently, had steady employment managing America’s public lands. Contents

Those workers are disappearing. Their jobs are gone. And Zink, who voted for Trump in 2024, is watching his customer base—and his livelihood—vanish before his eyes.

“You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,” Zink told Politico reporters as he surveyed the damage. “You cannot fire our firefighters. You cannot fire our trail crews. You have to have selective logging, water restoration, and healthy forests” (1).

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[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hey, everyone. I enjoy the schadenfreude as much as everyone, but don't blame the conned. Blame the con men

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Blame culture isn't a way forward, both the con and the conned hold partial responsibility. Power doesn't come from thin air, and those who voted for this regime helped empower it.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, not everyone sees it that way. For example, in Germany, there is the criminal offence of Volksverhetzung. It's a bit hard to translate but it roughly means "incitement of the people" or "instigation to hatred". Why Germany has that criminal code is probably obvious. The point is, the one doing the inciting is criminalised, not those falling for it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

If someone is incited to commit political violence, then the person who committed the violence is held responsible.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago

What if 35% of the population of a country participated?

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

like comfy replied: how do you get conned twice by the same man?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 18 hours ago

Three times, really

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

How the con worked is worthy of a sociological study. To massively simplify: they play into the hopes and fears of the uneducated.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 points 14 hours ago

Some even want a third con!