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1. spicyu+Ec[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:32:12
>>AareyB+(OP)
Such a shame that so many U.S. citizens do not see the ramifications of their political decisions.

Each one of these actions is a stepping stone the world is taking as a direct consequence of U.S. political negligence. And however difficult it was to render this consequence, it will be tenfold, or hundredfold, as difficult to reverse course.

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2. burnin+xf[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:41:50
>>spicyu+Ec
>>> Such a shame that so many U.S. citizens do not see the ramifications of their political decisions.

Most US Citizens are not voting on what you think they're voting on. Most are worried about things that affect their day-to-day life like cost of eggs, the cost of gas, taxes going up, my 401K going in the dumpster.

I live and breathe tech everyday. I see the dangers of it all around me. Day in and day out. You try and talk to people about how dangerous some of this stuff is. Unless people feel it somehow like having their identity stolen and they spend three years trying to fix it all? Nothing will ever change.

People are 100% immune to this stuff now. Its the old frog in boiler water analogy.

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3. lotsof+Jg[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:47:00
>>burnin+xf
> Most are worried about things that affect their day-to-day life like cost of eggs, the cost of gas, taxes going up, my 401K going in the dumpster.

Are they? It seems to me like they’re worried about things like women having access to too much healthcare, too many non white people, and too many women leaders. They voted for a guy that wants to make the most expensive purchase of most people’s lives even more expensive:

https://youtu.be/ToJxd3HBviE

Not to mention the enormous tax increases by way of getting rid of the expanded ACA premium credits.

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4. badc0f+vj[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:57:14
>>lotsof+Jg
Talk to actual Trump voters and you'll see they support his tariffs and immigration crackdowns because they believe it will lead to economic prosperity and good jobs returning to their community. They believe the current system is fundamentally unfair to them. Even though that's totally backwards, and Trump is just making everything worse, that's what they believe.

Framing immigration reform as "racists think there are too many non white people" is what costs Democrats elections.

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5. FpUser+Kp[view] [source] 2026-02-03 18:20:38
>>badc0f+vj
>"They believe the current system is fundamentally unfair to them"

Well it fucking is. But thinking that current king can fix it is a lunacy

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6. nxm+Qs[view] [source] 2026-02-03 18:31:47
>>FpUser+Kp
What was the alternative? More of the previous administration?
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7. rootus+Zy4[view] [source] 2026-02-04 20:01:27
>>nxm+Qs
Yes, and I would have been perfectly happy with that. The status quo was very much preferred to the chaos we are now experiencing. Just because I wanted different changes does not mean voting to burn it all down is the best alternative to no changes.
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