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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 25 points 2 months ago (5 children)

This is TERRIBLE news for US! The OBVIOUS solution is to FORGET the People VOTING for these Progressives and TRY to Entice the Death-Before-Dem MAGAS instead!

-Highly Paid Democratic Stragtegists!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Death-Before-Dem MAGAS

I was listening to the Professional Left podcast (I think it was on there) and they mentioned something about asking some farmers who are being destroyed by Donvict - "well, why did you vote for him, after the first term?"

Their answer: they had no choice.

I mean, what can you even do with this level of cult behavior? Seriously, what harm are the Democrats going to do to farmers? Is it really all just about trans and "men in women's sports"?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The book "Dying of Whiteness" is fascinating and depressing look into this. Many people would rather personally suffer and die than let the out-group have something nice. They don't want healthcare for all because that means black people get it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Hm, sounds interesting.

I remember the studies into what they called "last place aversion", which also might explain some of those that vote against their own interests...

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