• markovs_gun@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Legitimate question- do you know any IRL? I am convinced that these people will stand by Trump no matter what. I live in a Trump heavy district and everyone is talking about how hard this is but how it’s all actually a genius negotiating tactic. They truly cannot believe that Trump isn’t their Savior.

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      1 year ago

      I know a guy who did a 180 in the first month. Of course he never likes to remember that he was spreading conspiracy theories about Harris, or calling Trump “the devil [he knew].” He just knows he’s watching his crypto gains vanish into thin air.

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      I still have family in the rural Midwest and the cope is real. There’s a handful of people back home that will admit Trump sucks and of the farmers that my family knows, only one regrets their vote, the rest are smoking the copium hard.

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      I mean, kinda. Guys I heard talking sounded the most concerned I’ve ever heard them. Normally when talking about trump they’re self assured, certain. Today, they were basically talking like they were reassuring themselves. Which is quite interesting. But still in the cult.

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      i agree, if people are bought into the propaganda, they wont be deprogrammed as easily. the only people i saw that broke out of being a republican, was older people, especially the way they were treated by younger magas.