• ferrule@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    His base always felt like the government was against them. This wasn’t new to Trump, he just really took that view and ran with it.

    The problem is how to discuss very difficult to understand topics with a group of highly undereducated and very angry people. With the move away from an economy that thrived on pure effort into one that requires a deeper understanding, we now have a huge chunk of the population that feels left behind. The only problem is there isn’t a path for them to catch up.

    And to make matters worse their political party has thrived on creating an angry, undereducated base. All of their policies actively harm their electorate and yet they keep getting votes.

    The GOP base are like people who got bit by a racoon with rabies and instead of going to the doctor the lick the racoon’s face. Then they get angry at water because they are nuts.

    • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.net
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      1 day ago

      Economic marginalization is likely our only option. Pull subsidies and limit the damage they can do to the rest of us

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        15 hours ago

        We can actually pass reform to lower medical prices for everyone, get some sort of universal basic income, tax the rich and drop all taxes for the bottom percentage. Basically bring up those struggling so that GOP base has no reason to be maga. while they fight agains handouts red counties tend to take the most so they do actually take them.