Eh, the "both sides are the same" bullshit is starting up already, so...
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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Are they attracted to shiny things? What on earth drew them to Trump? It could happen again unless we stomp that out. If racism and misogyny played a role, we're fucked for a long time unless we get another plague going.
This is the thing... polls show that Trump is unpopular, so they might not run him for president in '28. (Not because it's illegal; that doesn't mean shit to the Republican party.) Polls of likely candidates show that Republicans and Democrats are almost dead even. Unbelievable, but Americans are what they are.
Propaganda on all fronts, organized and well funded. TV, social media, church, school, everywhere. Most people would accept the lies then because it seems unlikely logically that so many sources are trying to decieve them.
Propaganda works
theauthoritarians.org
Gen Z regrets Trump support
Is it propaganda to make us hate "gen Z" (whatever that shit is) and forget what billionaires are doing?
The dumb fucks.
You will get more and more Trump like politicians in future as long as you keep believing in the lesser of two evil bullshit
LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF
Gen Z is basically neoboomers. They only care when it affects them.
Thirty-one percent of Generation Zers who voted for President Trump say they regret it, a recent Navigator poll reports.
Millennials followed at 28 percent, with 20 percent of Generation Xers and 10 percent of baby boomers saying they regret backing Trump, too.
Amazing what some reading can do for you.