Those who would trade liberty for security, deserve neither and will have none. - KMFDM by way of Franklin.

Their fears are legitimate. But yes, they are being exploited.

And the liberal/left agenda won't acknowledge those fears. So they won't get those people's votes.

But not giving them our cash is treason... probably 🧐

More to the point, seeing him get away with it allows other shitty people to expand what they expect to be able to also do without reprocussions.

Yes, most people do, but if you come onto an international space like this, you'll find more American news than news from your own country. So many people are more informed about American politics than their own unless they take an interest in politics. For this, I mean the game and industry of politics. The issues, people are generally across, for their one life and own country.

Most people (I would say 90%) are not what we would call 'political junkies'.

The only time they seriously think about anything political is when it effects them directly.

I probably devote more time than the average schmuck to politics because I operate my own business and I can set my own hours (plus, fall-winter is quiet in my line of work).

But for most people who work 12 months of the year, they are too tired at the end of the workday to care about whether or not fascism is slowly taking over, because the kids need to get to karate class, dinner needs to be made, and they need to sit down and forget about the horrible incident at work today. So I get why most people only really pay attention to politics when it is dressed up as entertainment.

It is a sad indictment of society that life is this way for so many of us, because it just allows the powers that be to keep their boots firmly on our collective necks.

because they are not japanese/korean.

both cultures are extremely xenophobic. so are the chinese.

asians also hate other asians, just less than they hate non-asians.

racism and sexism are not western problems. they are universal.

They mean better to the average voter. Even a bad idea sometimes sounds better than no idea. People are upset, they're skipping Halloween this year. My elderly neighbor is afraid to turn on her furnace, another retired friend just told me her utilities were cut today. This has been getting worse and worse for years now. People want to hear zany, pie in the sky ideas, and they want stimulus checks. And they're voting like it.

I think it's more like it's better to be lied to than to be gaslit

I think this comment demonstrates exactly what TubularTittyFrog is saying.

Right wing media: I care about you! Vote for me and I'll fix all your problems by kicking out immigrants and making everyone pay tariffs!

Left wing media (like lemmy): I don't represent your interests, our democratic structure will prevent your views from being represented, nothing will ever get better. I am, at best, not as bad as the other guys.

Where's the excitement and purpose and sense of possibility?