Summary

Democrats are grappling with Donald Trump’s decisive victory, which included popular vote support and wins in traditionally Democratic regions.

Analysts suggest that Trump’s appeal lies less in specific policies and more in his embodiment of resentment and populist anger.

While some blame Harris’s choice of running mate, media influence, or Biden’s timing in stepping aside, many argue that Trump’s support reflects a desire for his “tough-guy” rhetoric and promises of “social revenge.”

Despite the potential consequences, Trump’s supporters expect him to hurt others without affecting them.

Trump’s second term will likely bring about the destruction of the rule of law and the expansion of his power, leaving voters to confront the reality of his actions.

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    They won’t be surprised, they’ll just remain angry because they’ll be given new scapegoats to blame by the propaganda machine.

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    Democrat voters supporting their party hard shift to the right got what they deserved.

    They can’t expect to win elections if they continually ignore the needs of voters.

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      Thing is, the qons built a parallel media structure for a reason. As Chomsky said, many of these people have a RIGHT to be angry. It’s just that they are angry for the wrong reasons, and angry at the wrong policies and people responsible for those policies.

      That parallel media structure’s entire purpose is to ensure that the “angry white males” (or whatever demo) is angry for the “right” reasons, and never get any ideas about who is to really be blamed for their misery. So they’ll be shown caravans of immigrants headed for the border, scary black on white crime exaggerated out of proportion, told eggs now cost 4x as much because of what the trans did, and so on…

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    I’m gonna laugh so hard. If we can’t have a good country, we can at least have a bad country for all the people who voted it in.

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    He tried to get one of his most loyal and closest allies Mike Pence and his family executed in an attemped coup. Just imagine what he’s willing to do to his voters to get what he wants.

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    How many times are we going to hear the magabrainz whining that “he’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting, you guys!!!”

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      “I didn’t expect the leopards to eat MY face” says voter who voted for the Face-eating Leopard party (paraphrased).

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    I cannot wait for the ending of FEMA and hurricane after hurricane slamming the south like a BBC.

    The GoFund me for Florida will be glorious.

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      I’ve already vowed not to donate to red states/areas anymore. Pick your bitch asses up by the bootstraps next hurricane season, morons.

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      Couple it with privatizing the national weather service so there will effectively be no warnings, and most of FL is gonna be dead anyhow.

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    I hope we all do the same thing, show no sympathy and tell them shut the fuck up you voted for this. He told you what he was going to do.

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      This time we’ll have all the evidence in the world… plus a 900 page booklet of stuff they were planning to do.

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    When his policies inevitably hurt them, they’ll tell you it was someone else through some form of advanced mental gymnastics.

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          Fucking right?! That’s why you voted for someone?? Because they’re going to enact revenge?! And revenge for fucking what? What the fuck did Democrats do to you to make you decide that revenge is worth the destruction of your country?

          How do we make sense of the senseless? How do we come out of this? Legitimately, is there anything that will stop him from canceling the 2028 election or removing the 22nd Amendment?

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            Yeah, it’s crazy. As a general rule, Democrats/liberals, including myself, want everyone to have a good life, including a job with dignity, a good work/life balance, a rounded and truly liberal education, healthcare, clean air, clean water. I even want that for these redhats.

            And how do they react? They want to see the world burn and their perceived “enemies” tortured/killed.