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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Who the fuck cares about his polling when he's systematically dismantling American democracy and consolidating power with Congress and the Supreme Court supporting his every move toward a dictatorship whole the "opposition"party is again in God damn shambles?

Completely focusing on the wrong fucking thing here.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Wow...

47% of us US'ians really suck major dick.

☹️ ☹️

[–] [email protected] 35 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

47% are extremely susceptible to disinformation echo chambers.

The rich have eroded academic institutions and flooded the airwaves, muddying the waters of reality that only those with time and strong critical-thinking skills can parse.

Put another way: if I was a psychopathic piece of shit I'd know that a dumb electorate is easier to grift and control. So I'd make sure they stay confused, ignorant, and apathetic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago

I can't bring myself to listen to or read right wing media for even a second. Anyone that claims Trump is doing a good job will make me fly into a Hulk-like rage.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago

Have you heard of the Russian disinformation genius Surkov? His tactic is to confuse people so they don't know true from flase, wrong from right etc and get apathetic and defeatist.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder what percent of them only hear the news that things are going great

[–] [email protected] 26 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Probably not many. My uncle listens to right wing podcasts all day. He used to constantly bring up their half informed talking points, but now.... Almost nothing, but you can tell every time he does, it's filled with desperation. Like he NEEDS me to understand he made the right decision. It's all black tar copium

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

So you think they're in the denial phase

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

Sounds maybe even open to some kind of olive branch. I don't expect an apology or admission of wrongdoing from anyone. If they can admit this isn't what they wanted I'll take it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 22 points 16 hours ago

Oh, we are painfully aware of it at this point.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

75+ million fascists voted for a fascist. What do you expect?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

no felon rigged it, I seen it real time as the machines glitched in my area, I knew WTF happened but I held out hope that someone with power would end this bullshit so if I gotta put in my big boy pants and join in imma fuck up any maga cunt I see

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Good luck proving that. Make sure you don't fall into the same mentality as J6-ers did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Nobody can prove it did not happen either.

Anyone can say anything about any of the systems, and it would take a panel of experts to explain why it may or may not be a valid criticism.

That is the problem with computer voting in the USA ; it’s inscrutable , the exact opposite of how a democracy should function.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Approval rating does very little to Dictators, I guess it does give them a list of people they want to hurt more though.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 15 hours ago

ILLEGAL POLLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!