4 in 10 Americans are brain dead.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
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We live under the most intensive propaganda machine in the world. I am not surprised. Talking to people in my red state, its obvious.
I noticed something in the last 15 years of these polls. For right wing reactionary actions, the approval rating never goes below 30%.
What we are seeing is the cult faithful. Used to be the Tea Party, is now rebranded MAGA.
You will not see the numbers decrease until they die off from age, diet, disease, or "hold my beer". The danger is the indoctrination of youth.
I kinda doubt the indoctrinated youth at least as it stands now are at replacement levels. Remember Boomers are notably more conservative in a very stable way compared to both those that came before and those that came after, there's a reason why the shift was so rapid after Reagan. Not trying to make a generational argument per se moreso pointing out that Boomers are a weird statistic anomaly on that front, also they still make up about a quarter of the population even with silent, jones, gen x, millennials, gen z, and gen alpha being present making them lopsided in social influence.
It just proves what i've been thinking for a while, the american people are looking like a hopeless cause. Worse part is, the pedophile crime syndicate of america wants to export this stupidity to the rest of the world.
I really think the difference is those who listen to Drump and those who don’t. If you’ve voted Republican all your life and same for all your friends and family members, and don’t really pay attention to the news, have never seen the decades of cons, most importantly never listen to an actual speech, you may think he’s conservative. Tells it like it is. Good for the economy (because of course republicans are).
It’s only those of us who pay attention who are horrified