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70% approved by Republicans which is half the fucking country
It's why this place can't be saved. This country is fucking COOKED
Yeah it's super fucked seeing shit like the % of people who think you can just work hard to better your life going from 67% to 47% in the last ten years, that's still half of fucking everyone just so brainfucked they can't see reality in front of them
Never has there been a populace in greater need of re-education
Good thing each one of them owns 10 rifles
It's a poll of voters. Let's say that's 50% of the country, and Republican voters are 50% of that, or 25% of the total population. 70% of 25% is 17.5%, or a little over 1 out of every 6 people. That's a big problem if they're organized (and they are, but only to an extent), but far from insurmountable.
My takeaway from the 93-5 split among Dems is that this is a tailor-made agitation point among them. Virtually any Dem you talk to is opposed to the war, but there's been no serious party effort to stop it. They won't even talk about primarying John Fetterman, who isn't even a Democrat anymore and doesn't even want to be there, over killing the War Powers vote.
I fully agree that this country is fucking cooked, but let's be accurate with the numbers here.
70% of Republican voters is only like 8% of the total US population, not 50%. See @trabpukcip@hexbear.net's comment here. I'm taking his word for it on the number of registered republicans and the total population is 342 million. 27 million is about 7.9% of 342 million.
So that 70% of Republican voters is a good bit less than even a tenth of the country, not half.
Somehow that feels worse
Also, the bigger problem is that the vast majority of Americans are hollowed out dullards who have no strong opinions about anything and will be corralled into whatever nazi bullshit like the cattle they are, so even the percentage that doesn’t approve can be cowed into supporting it if you offer them a chocolate bar
And every last one of them considers themselves a "free thinker" who "does their own research".
the facebook mom i work with has shifted from right wing coded conspiracies (MAHA nonsense, antivax) to more left wing over the last year (network state, thiel, billionaire cabals, etc). i could probably easily get her to listen to TrueAnon but i'm waiting until Liz is back to actually pull that trigger. i've been working on explaining the difference between "conspiracy theories" and parapolitics to her, and she's been receptive.
what's funny is this woman is very collectivist at her core. she would make a great comrade and organizer if the brainworms could be dislodged. she lives and breathes mutual aid and builds connections with everyone in her community. then just pumps them full of every ridiculous antivax and sovcit conspiracy she has heard while getting food and resources to people who need it.
there is legit potential out there but the internet has really poisoned minds in ways that there is no simple antidote to.