r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
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u/thefroggyfiend May 19 '24

stupid makes it seem like they don't get how bad he's going to be for the country

people are voting for trump because they hate America and want a dictatorship, the stupidity comes from them thinking they're the in-group that will benefit from said dictatorship when they're already getting the shit end of the deal just living in a red state

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u/Major_Magazine8597 May 19 '24

Trump supporters don't hate America - they hate what American has BECOME - a multi-racial, accepting, socially tolerant society where everyone is encouraged to vote and that tries to take care of the less advantaged. Trump supporters want the early 1960's back, where the White man was clearly top of the food chain and a union job at the plant was all you needed to raise a family of six. Those days are long gone (for MANY reasons), and Trump supporters need a scapegoat so they blame illegal immigrants and the liberal media for it all. And the smarter ones are just riding the hate wave.

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u/Walterkovacs1985 May 19 '24

They want the 60s back in all aspects except for those billionaire tax brackets of 60%.

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u/fliesguy69 May 19 '24

And te unions... they don't want the unions.

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u/BURNER12345678998764 May 19 '24

Nor all that government spending that made all those good jobs building nukes and spacecraft in the 60s.