• @wulrus
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    66 hours ago

    Some surveys seem to support that this direction could have worked. As a German, I supported the course of the Democrats to go with a presidential candidate and policies that democratic conservatives could get behind. About half of the voters in the US want less democracy, more totalitarianism. For a chance to stop Trump, it seemed reasonable just get all supporters of freedom and democracy behind a single candidate. But maybe I was wrong.

    I have my doubts that there will be an election in 2028.

    • sp3ctr4l
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      33 hours ago

      About half of the voters in the US want less democracy, more totalitarianism.

      Apparently a recent poll said 71% of Trump voters are against cuts to Medicaid and SNAP (food benefits for very poor Americans).

      So… that would mean more than 2/3 of Trump voters are astonishingly stupid, ignorant, easily swayed into a cult, as these cuts were very obviously the intent of Trump, and outright stated goals of Project 2025, which was created almost entirely by former Trump administration staff.

      … But, that makes sense, as the average adult American literacy level is that of a 5th grader (10yo to 11yo), and 21% of adult Americans are functionally illiterate, with literacy skills at or below a 2nd grade level (7yo to 8yo).

      I have my doubts that there will be an election in 2028.

      As do I.

      • @rayyy
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        21 hour ago

        Krasnov 2028?

        • sp3ctr4l
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          144 minutes ago

          Asteroid YR4 2028.

          Redirect! Rebuild!

          rofl