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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Leftists, of course. Liberals will continue to be in denial for the foreseeable future. Conservatives just dgaf.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

We've been in a rogue state for a long time. Its been an oligarchy for a while, now you also have AIPAC in the mix.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

We're successfully distracted by the more immediate personal problems they've created for us

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I went abroad where a lot of Americans were. I ended up fucking one and his wife. That wasn’t important to the rest of the story but I really feel proud of myself for that and can’t brag anywhere else.

Anyways, from the Americans I met, the overall majority of them were not very aware of what goes on in the news. The common sentiment was that they tuned out from all the news after November and still have to show up to their jobs so to them, nothing is really changing. Was eye opening.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Some of us are aware. We tend to also be the ones who know this only ends in some kind of revolution. No dictator has even chosen to give up power.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I come from a white suburban middle class background and from what I can tell the answer is no, atleast among this demographic. The main concern is not the threat of fascism but rather how Trump's policies will affect the economy. Even here there is a certain level of denial. I hear a lot of reassurances that things will bounce back eventually. Most people simply do not get it, especially in the older generations.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Aware and trying to let others in my circle that are unaware become aware.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Our media is in cahoots with the Trump Admin, so what do you think?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I am very aware.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To some 20%-30% of the country 'patriot' means 'whites only'. Honestly, if your so dedicated to being a patriotic American you can't stand up to a government doing everything it can to destroy America, you're just an idiot.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Most people I know are either organizing to build community resistance or cowering in their homes.

Polling data shows Trump has a roughly 40% approval rating, which is extremely low for a recently-elected president.

The kind of people who respond to polls and the kind of people who have jobs and lives have little overlap, so you know, the polls are kind of not representative of what people feel.

I think a lot of people are expecting the courts to come down on him and stop the worst of it, because they just can't bear to face the truth.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm very aware. I don't know how this ends, but I know it's going to get really bad.

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