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Venezuelans who supported Trump now feel cheated: ‘They used us to win votes’
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That is such wishful thinking. The US has proved election after election for decades that the American people, no matter how shit on, will still vote for their "team" and only ever find fault in the "others".
Yeah, because of this shitty attitude. You have here a bunch of people finding out that they were lied to, and all we see is "HAHA, GET FUCKED!!!". Theres more joy in seeing these people getting fucked over, than there is desire to pull them over to "your side". You see this everywhere. The utter glee in people getting fooled, and then getting fucked. And thats before you get to the attacks on people who just ask questions. "Its not my job to educate you." was said smugly, right before Trump got voted in to the shock of every single left wing echo chamber. That trend continued with Brexit and the with Trumps second term.
All of Americas problems, are of its own making. The list of excuses are endless, on both sides. And even now, with all of these people finding out that they were conned, its glee, joy, happy beeps. When does it end? When do we see the hand being held out, not to laugh, but to say "Its not too late. You fell for it. But that doesnt mean you have to be one of them forever."?
Nothing is ever going to change, if people just stick to their teams and dont at least try and fucking recruit. Just endlessly shitting on each other is how Trump et al get in and stay in. It needs to fucking end.