People are just too fucking dumb. Most can only rationalize that current thing bad = current leader bad = different leader better, and there's no end of grifters taking advantage of that.
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yeah primaries was a train wreak in slow mo. like I was telling people I did not give a crap that Kamala was chosen by Biden as a successor she's still better than trump by far. I couldn't really think of any reason from them to vote for trump
sexism and racism is what they voted for, cant have a black person they made that mistake in 08 with obama, plus no women ever.
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I can't believe anyone actually bought that shit.
Have you visited or had interactions with people from .ml or hexbear?
Oooo I have I have!
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The Onion is so fucked.
The onion just consults their future prediction orb and writes down what they see; they were never satire.
Exactly. The onion HQ rests on top of the worlds only spice mine and you can tell who works for them by the glowing spice addict eyes.
ONN is just hyperbolizing what already in the news
For whatever reason this kind of campaign tactic had zero effective counter amongst the general electorate. This messaging won. Refuting it was left to the internet forums.
How can you refuse this. It quickly turns into a "no u" situation.
by design! turns out if you just project hard enough, the only possible argument is a “no u” situation. and actually taking that position officially has been a bridge too far for any credible opposition up to now.
It’s because social media is toxic.
Look at the view counts below conservative posts. That is why there is no counter; the game is rigged.
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I'm glad my fellow citizens saw through the bs and overrode my vote to keep us happy and safe.
Disclaimer: I might have voted for him because lesser of, but fuck Biden and his ineffective admin. Hey libs: the orange man would have been in jail in a competently run country. Fucking travesty.
No he would not. He would be ina maximum security federal or military prison, not jail. He didn't rob liquor stores.
No, he would probably be out of the country.
The premise is "in a competently run country"
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The protest non-voters fell for it. Now we get generations of destruction to hopefully heal from.
One of the biggest problems with the Democrats' campaign was they went all in on this "benevolent" interventionist policy, and denounced anyone who disagrees with it for any reason as a Russian bot. This papered over differences on the right and allowed Trump to simultaneously win over the libertarian isolationists who want to stay out of conflicts and the nationalists who want mask off imperialism, and that same inflexibility is what alienated the left.
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With Lemmy being like half Russian bots, I think this won't go amiss.
#The Russian state and government interfered in the 2024 United States elections through disinformation and propaganda campaigns[1] aimed at damaging Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other Democrats while boosting the candidacy of Donald Trump and other candidates who support isolationism and undercutting support for Ukraine aid and NATO.[2][3][4][5][6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2024_United_States_elections
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