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[–] 222 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Only HALF?? God this country is dumb.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I went into a shop in MAGA country recently and shop owner broke away from his MAGA conversation to ask us if we'd heard about all the social security grift Elon had just found - apparently they paid over 50 billion dollars to people who'd been dead for 100 years - and did we think they should just refund that to us, or use it to pay off the national debt. He was legit excited.

    The misinformation and propaganda and whatnot is off the charts.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And by MAGA country I mean there was a shop just up the road called "Trump, flags, and more" or some shit.

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    [–] 55 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Right along party lines, I imagine. In other words, the only people with a positive view of Musk are the ones who reliably think what right wing propaganda tells them to think.

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The other half are ok with nazi salutes in the US Capitol.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Half of the us are Nazis? Fuck. Me. No seriously, fuck me, I'm in need of a big strong man to take my mind off how half of Americans are Nazis.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The math is a bit more complicated. We know 30% of U.S. adults are Nazis. We know 28% appear not to be.

    The other 42% of Adults in the U.S. are still in question.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Wow only half? We are fucked.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    Its lies. Very few people like arrogant billionares who think they can own countries and everyone else is below them and we're leeches to be "deleted". Someone who gets off on ruining lives. Not to mention he's bat shit crazy and has a farm for his offspring. These billionares are the real threat. Trump is just a useful idiot to make things so bad the billionaires swoop in.

    Musk is the billionaire Trump. Not that smart.

    The smart ones are more dangerous and quiet like Peter thiel. The guy you never heard of that has in hands in everything bad with a fake stutter and compassionate tone. As they build fortresses in New Zealand. Almost like they know there will be a reason to hide.

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    [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    And the other half have such an open mind that their brains fell out the back?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    36% positive. It’s always about 35% approval with the crazy authoritarian stuff in the US.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    2 things:

    The survey found Musk to be a highly polarizing figure. Half of the public has a negative view of Musk, compared with 36% who see him positively and 16% who are neutral. Among Democrats, Musk’s net approval (positive minus negative) is -82 and -49 for independents. GOP respondents are +56.

    The survey of 1,000 people nationwide was conducted April 9 through April 13 and has a margin of error of +/-3.1%.

    Who and how were the people surveyed?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Among Democrats, Musk’s net approval (positive minus negative) is -82 and -49 for independents. GOP respondents are +56.

    before the leaky diaper shitshow began its second season, before muskrat turned twitter into a propaganda machine, and before he decided to dabble in politics and buy a presidency, those results would probably be reversed.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I can't believe he is this popular.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He's not, he has a significant influence on the media.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    An important figure in nationalist politics in Germany during the first three decades of the twentieth century, Alfred Hugenberg became the country's leading media proprietor during the 1920s. As leader of the German National People's Party, he played a part in helping Adolf Hitler become chancellor of Germany and served in his first cabinet in 1933, hoping to control Hitler and use him as his tool. The plan failed, and by the end of 1933 Hugenberg had been pushed to the sidelines.

    Turns out, the wealthy buying up media to spread right-wing talking points to enable fascism in the face of progressivism is yet another way in which the modern Republican party is just a copy of their National Socialist ancestors.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Hmmm. I wonder which half.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And the other half have a negative view of EVs

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And the other half apparently are extremely tuned out or just awful people.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    What's wrong with the other half?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    About half you say? That ratio sounds very familiar for some elusive reason. Color me shocked

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Those are rookie numbers. We gotta pump those numbers up.

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    Half the world, and it should be at least 90%

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bullshit, all these approval ratings stories are lies. To make you feel disenfranchised. They want you to be cared because "That's almost all the republicans and they have guns. Don't pay attention to them, The amount that actually approve is far smaller than the number they seek to force to hide away with stories like this. We are Legion, they are the minority. If Half the country supports the Billionaires, how is Bernie Pulling 12,000 people to a rally in Idaho? These stories are because they're afraid, it's just a psyop.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What now? Is this an off-med rant or do you want to maybe point to the data that you are using? This reads like a Joe Rogan quote

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    No, it's the truthful acknowledgement that all corporate media and centralised social media is owned by Billionaires and that they are all pushing the narrative that Trump is more popular than he is. 12,000 people showed up to a Bernie Rally in deep red Idaho. You sound like a shill, which, of course, would make sense since they proliferate on the Political Sub-lemmys.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Stop talking about the little psycho freak job.

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