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America is the problem. The whole country allowed (and is still allowing) this to happen.
MAGA isn't the hero America needed, but it's the one they deserve.
The analogy isn't quite right, but I know you wanted to use the quote.
MAGA is Joker, and the US doesn't have a Batman anywhere, maybe a few Gordons but they don't have enough power to do much. Although as all analogies do, this breaks because MAGA leaders would never burn their half of the money for a message. They want every dime for themselves.
No sir/ma'am/other, Joker hates Nazis. It is documented. Besmirch not his evil name.
Joker would court MAGA just to lead them off a cliff.
It scares me that Americans want to go back to life before trump, that should t be the goal. As an American it looks like the left just wants to be able to live in earned privileges again.
"Ignorance is bliss" IS their culture.
Life before Trump is exactly what led to having Trump.
Exactly!!! It's like the culture is the virus but no one wants to admit it or is even capable of understanding because the culture dominantly focused of escapism and distraction from reality.
Just as an example... People don't even understand their individuality was marketed in order consolidate them into demographics that are more easily controlled. And that's was in the analogs days.
Now we have automated ai profiling and exact psychological pin-pointed specific marketing to each individual that is able lead them on whatever path is needed. ...But for some reason that's not the thing people are talking about, instead they talk about the marketed topics of Ai slop, and looping recycled drama of consumer ai.
People think they are fighting the power or fighting for progression and freedom, but they are just acting out preconceived paths that are marketed to them and funded by the same people they claim to protest.
But if people would just vote differently and stop doing purity tests then the system would fix itself /copium
I mean little improvements at least. Vote for a candidate you can agree with on some and then keep moving the needle in that direction. But it doesn't seem to happen in America and times are getting hard so people are shifting to the right.