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[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

THAT has been the most demoralizing part

That half of my fellow Americans willingly embraced Nazi Fascism

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 60 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"Basket of Deplorables" -- as I'm tired of repeating, Hilary was right.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She was. She was John the Baptist but wanted to be Jesus. Opinion on her was fully established so even if she was 45% positive you could never move the dial on the 6% you needed to push her over the top.

She would have been an outstanding attack dog for a fresh candidate if she could have put her ego aside and accept that it wouldn't be her.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago (5 children)

She was trying to follow eight years of Obama that had primed an electorate for a radical change candidate. She was not going to be that and in fact personified that her Party would unfortunately not be the one to change.

[–] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

She was also a terrible candidate in the same way Kamala was, which is something people still don’t accept. They both had terrible PR and were establishment pro-corporate candidates. Those two features guaranteed they wouldn’t extend past their base. At the time Bernie was offering a populist agenda, which is what Trump used to win both times. The DNC still to this day cannot shed corporate influence enough to do what’s necessary to win.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 14 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

This is it. I never got it until I read this. Obama was a work horse president. He actually overcame the conservative ratchet system and turned the dial towards liberal. He made the ACA and it was overall decent, even Conservatives liked it. They hate Obamacare if you mention it and want it destroyed, but will not want anything to happen to the ACA.

Hillary just didn't bring this vibe. I believe she was just a republican in democrat skin that was being put forward. Kamala gave me that same vibe.

We need to hear some batshit crazy stuff. The next democratic president needs break rules using executive orders just like Trump did. Abolish Citizens United and then arrest any judge that dares rule against the order, all the way up to the SCOTUS ... it seems the president has this authority now.

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[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 25 points 22 hours ago

I am born and raised in a small rural town in northern Nevada, and from my personal experience people have always been this level of unhinged in someway or another. With the rise of the Internet and Trump. It just became more easily accessible to talk to and listen to other unhinged individuals.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

the kind of people who dont give the least bit of fuck about pretty horrible things until it happens to them after which they love to play the victim

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

When I examine my German family tree, this is the kind of shit they fell for too. The only difference, the USA had a healthy economy before Jan 2025, while Germany was a wreck.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 17 hours ago

I think it's a different kind of unhealthy economy.

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[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dang, looks like that one guy on the left got a “TRUMP” tat on his NECK. I’m sure he won’t have any ragrets down the road.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

He's obviously not getting another turn with the communal brain cell so I don't think he'll be regretting anything.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Dude looks like a Mike Meyers character.

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[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Maybe Reagan shouldn't have closed down the mental institutes and facilitate the stifling of access to mental health

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 19 points 1 day ago

Looking back, I'm starting to believe it was a long-term political calculus, not just abandoning the most vulnerable in our society...

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

At least you can identify them easily. Bumper stickers, license plates and hats.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago

I can't even imagine the type of person who could proudly brand themselves with the name of a rapist, after the fact.

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