We don’t learn. Trump is a lolcow. He generates outrage over absurdity to gain media leverage. This recent media cycle is not an accident and I am disappointed that we didn’t learn our lesson the first decade of this.

  • uberfreeza@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Not just “until they are harmed” but “until they are directly harmed.” I’m convinced at this point that unless Trump himself personally comes to their homes and executes them, they’d blame prices, immigration, illness, etc. on something else.

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      13 hours ago

      i think you’re on the right track but all these descriptions are a bit oversimplified

      they are a tiny minority, but the case of Dearborn-Palestinian families shows how someone who is being directly harmed can even be encouraged to vote against their self interest. as someone else said in this post, Americans are voting for emotion, not candidates or even policies really.