4 in 10 Americans are brain dead.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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We live under the most intensive propaganda machine in the world. I am not surprised. Talking to people in my red state, its obvious.
I noticed something in the last 15 years of these polls. For right wing reactionary actions, the approval rating never goes below 30%.
What we are seeing is the cult faithful. Used to be the Tea Party, is now rebranded MAGA.
You will not see the numbers decrease until they die off from age, diet, disease, or "hold my beer". The danger is the indoctrination of youth.
It just proves what i've been thinking for a while, the american people are looking like a hopeless cause. Worse part is, the pedophile crime syndicate of america wants to e port this stupidity to the rest of the world.
I really think the difference is those who listen to Drump and those who don’t. If you’ve voted Republican all your life and same for all your friends and family members, and don’t really pay attention to the news, have never seen the decades of cons, most importantly never listen to an actual speech, you may think he’s conservative. Tells it like it is. Good for the economy (because of course republicans are).
It’s only those of us who pay attention who are horrified