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What made you think he was the better choice after his first term?
I never thought he was a “good” choice per se, but I live in a very economically deprived state where we all basically suffer here, we just help each other. He made a lot of promises he didn’t keep, and a few were specifically geared towards us. He betrayed a lot of people.
You thought the candidate who made 30,573 documented lies during his first term was the guy you could trust to keep his promises ?
If anything it is refreshing to see people be critical of promise and true outcome.
It is what it is, I hate how it’s went but another couple of years and we will be in the same boat again, no matter the party affiliation. Hopefully the next one is able to rebound everything.
No rebounding is going to happen for many presidential terms. It's much easier, and faster, to destroy than to build up. The damage to investment and trade relationships being done, and the dismantling of worker protections and support for industry and job development, is going to take decades to reclaim.
And that's not even considering all the skilled government workers who have been fired and won't be coming back in 2028. Or the loss of reputation internationally, or the loss of business from companies who have made alternative arrangements and are no longer doing business with the US
This is the really depressing part that people really aren't understanding. We've had bad leadership before, but none that have done this much irreparable damage in such a short amount of time with effects that are making the entire world worse for the foreseeable future. But yeah, Harris would have been the same /s
You really are not paying attention, are you ?
Well, given the trend, we may not have another election.
Trump thinks elections dont have to happen if he says there is a war.
I think community organizing is the key. Whether it is direct participation, or supporting local/independent initiatives, or trying to influence the established parties in your area. The bad actors thrive on division, misinformation, inaction, and apathy. And the common refrain is that people don't have the resources, time or bandwidth to educate themselves or to contribute. More people need to see the redistribution of wealth upwards as a form of control. Measures that erode workers rights, equality, etc. further disempowers anyone not in the upper echelons [even those in the upper class but not in the ruling class]. We need to be willing to make sacrifices/concessions if it will benefit those with fewer advantages than ourselves specifically because they make up the foundations that allow us to exist as high up the chain as we currently are [even if that doesn't feel very high]
So, you thought the con man wasn't conning people, this time?