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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 43 minutes ago

If they'd just depart the last of the immigrants, we'd get those jobs

--Red States Probably

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 points 40 minutes ago

Have the day you voted for.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

You know all of these people will 100% be writing in Donald Trump in 2028

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

Democrats fault.

/s

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago

If they think the red states are goijng to learn any lessons at all, they will be sorely mistake.

Also, the real pain starts after mid-terms when grandmas medicade and medicare run out. Have fun moving grammy into your trailerhouse fucking red state losers.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 45 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

And yet, to many in those states this will be the fault of the Democrats.

ETA: How predictable.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 27 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Let's just fucken split already and let them have their backwater country. Its not even worth it anymore. You cannot help these people. There is no cognitive function left to save.

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

They're a threat together and a greater threat apart.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How so?

Wouldn't red states economies collapse if they were no longer subsidized/financed by the federal government and blue states?

[–] Sibilantjoe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

And then, what? They sit there and quietly starve to death?

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 3 points 57 minutes ago

They would naturally come to terms with the practical limitations of their ideology and change accordingly. Or scapegoat their neighbors and go on a murderous rampage.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Enjoy the day you voted for

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I just can't muster any sympathy anymore. I feel bad for their kids, but these people gleefully voted for monsters, and don't get to act surprised when they become the monsters' victims.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

They're monsters too (not the kids).

They've spent a decade ignoring all facts. All pleas from their family, friends, and fellow Americans to look at things objectively and reasonably. They've sacrificed everything to support a felon rapist pedophile and his sycophants. That makes them monsters too.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago

It's outrageous. We have enough food for everyone on the planet. How much gets thrown out in the name of capitalism? And these poor misguided souls still blame Biden for this. I have pity for them, but I also think they need to learn the hard way that how they vote impacts them in a million different ways. I just wish their dependants didn't have to suffer with them.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 6 points 2 hours ago

Awww. Poor red states. Vote

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

They deserve everything they get. I feel so sad to all of those who are against the regime but still have to suffer from these decisions. Makes my blood boil.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

They should be cheering this victory over socialism.

[–] Darkonion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If they are starved slowly and piecemeal then there may never be enough desperate people to act together effectively. If they are being starved quickly, then I'd wonder who is trying to aim them and where?

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I hope everyone suffering is a MAGAt

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Hope it hurts.

Pain is the only way conservatives can learn. Not that I'm holding my breath for them to learn anything. I'd have had to hold my breath for over 40 years now.

At this point I'm just hoping nature weeds enough of them out that they can't represent a valid voting block anymore.