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Tear it all down (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

MAGA, whether it's regular or Blue, isnt anti establishment. They fully support their own versions of establishment, and both defend the status quo.

I'm a brown skinned male and experienced backcountry hiker. A few months ago I finished a year living in a truck while traveling the US48, lots of time everywhere except Washington.

My anecdotal experience is that the vast majority of Trump's supporters are silent unless I've earned their respect somehow and solicit their perspective. Then they'll readily communicate why they believe the system is broken, how they've reasoned out that nothing positive is achieved in the US without collective threats and acts of fiscal and physical violence, and the magnitude of their commitment to their principles.

They don't perceive the nuance of the problems. They can barely begin to reason out how to hypothetically solve them while also preserving the agency of others. They won't while they continue to expose themselves to the propaganda often leveraged by their religious and political leaders. If the major trade unions continue to increase their educational efforts then the membership will continue to increasingly favor it.