• kikutwo@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    The irony that many low income idiots who rely upon the very safety nets that the Republicans are targeting to limit or destroy is palpable.

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      17 days ago

      They will lose that support and some how do the mental gymnastics to blame the Democrats for it sadly

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      16 days ago

      These movements are sometimes led by fantastically wealthy faux populists who hoodwink gullible voters by promising to solve a litany of problems that always seem to involve money, immigrants, and minorities. The appeals from these charlatans resonate most not among the very poor, but among a bored, relatively well-off middle class, usually those who are deeply uncomfortable with racial and demographic changes in their own countries.