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Almost posted this to /c/slop for the cognitohazard but these '20 biden to '24 trump voters really are just lost souls that maybe deserve some :gasp: empathy and outreach

Katrina, a 53-year-old independent voter, said it was hard to put into words why she's so anxious, but she knows she is.

"I feel anxious that nothing has really changed," she said. "I mean, Trump talks about this 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' but, it's like, I don't see any difference. In my life, I don't."

Like yes this is leopards ate my face content, but on the other hand:

Melody, a 37-year-old independent, added: "I wouldn't immediately think bad of someone. I would want to talk a little bit more about it with them because … to me, they're at least trying to think of a solution where everybody has rights and everybody has food, everybody has a house, everybody has a job. They're at least looking for something like that for everyone."

Marianne, a 57-year-old independent voter, said she thinks traditional Democrats are "more centrist" and cater to more corporate interests.

"But they also care about the people as well, the working people," she said. "Whereas socialist Democrats are more about community."

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[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

going from Biden to Trump means I implicitly do not give a shit about anything they "think"

[–] free_casc@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It seems you care more about your own moral superiority than understanding how to build a socialist movement. The US working class can be dumb as rocks (read settlers etc), but the attitude in your comment isn't really any different than any corporate liberal Democrat in DC.

You're both sending the message "my way is the right way" and sticking your heads in the sand instead of showing real leadership and building our movement.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i still don't care what they think from an electoral perspective. I'm out engaging with people on the ground, that's where I care. Some random ass surveys do not mean anything

[–] GiorgioBoymoder@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whether it's important to reach these people would be answered by what proportion of voters they represent, but the article seems to leave out that information.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

yeah, but I'm still not going to try to read the tea leaves about what this block of incoherent voters think. It's meaningless

[–] jack@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

moralism is a dead end