yes. there have been scholarly efforts in this domain. effectively authoritarians vote purely out of the fear that something bad will come for them so they vote in people who promise to be big and tough and scary towards those threats. ironically, this incentivizes the people getting voted in to intensify how awful things are for people because it benefits them personally.

embrace the core principals of anarchism if you want to survive.

1. help your neighbors in times of crisis
2. this is a time of crisis
3. morality does not come from the state
4. the state's power comes from the consent of the governed
5. with unity through solidarity of the exploited we can withdraw our consent to be governed
6. it's our bosses, not our brothers and sisters, who harm us
7. as a moral agent, it is your responsibility to help your community and not the state

Wdym now? There's a reason "thoughts and prayers" has been a meme for years now lol

Honestly we kind of always have been. At the very minimum since Reagan. But we absolutely are getting ready to hit the new level of shit ,and the people who need to learn lessons. Are immune to learning.

Exactly, they voted him in. And don't give me this crap about protest votes or 'sat on their arse and couldn't be bothered' votes.

That's why the Grifter In Chief is sat in the White House now.

This is your life now, everything bad that happens will be blamed on his predecessors, never mind he is one of his own predecessors, the ignorant, and stupid orange muppet.

I think every asshole who sat the election out should stfu and take all of it in like the little bitches they are. They enabled this out of their unwillingness to see the bigger picture out of their virtue signalling and holier than thou attitude. All of us are now along for the 4-year ride. Thanks, fuckers.