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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (4 children)

people wanted change and decided to vote for Trump once

What I don't understand is what that even would mean, substantively. As in actual policies, and not part of the culture war that conservatives are waging against America.

Change from...what? Things seemed to be getting back on track under Obama after the eight year debacle that was W.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    The point of a representative democracy is that nobody needs to know every fine detail of politics. They pick a representative to do that for them.

    Then nobody pays any attention, apart from an occasional headline.

    They saw someone being an open piece of shit, and that was a change from the previously diplomatic suits. Change you can believe in!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    I've heard the argument that people were bored with US politics and wanted to shake things up. Well, they sure managed to do that...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Yes. And these people are known as idiots. Also, a lot of them are misogynists that could not see themselves voting for a woman and probably gave excuses like "I just want to shake things up".

    I heard that again in 2025, by the way, about both donnie and Elon, when Elon was being brought in to destroy government agencies: "maybe they will just shake things up".

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