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Time will show. There are some shitheads, such as Nick Fuentes, who have publicly disavowed Trump, and even Alex Jones is having a hard time defending Trump these days. Defection are happening, but any long term effect will probably be seen via a slow trickle and not a sudden drop in approval rating.

The truth is, most people don’t stay up to date on the news, so while the base probably won’t notice that the current Trump talking points are inconsistent at best, come a year or two and they will probably notice that they are objectively worse off after Trump decided to spend billions on a war with Iran for dubious benefits. We will never see a point of “That’s it, fuck you!” on xitter. Suddenly the support will lose critical mass and fade into the background just like the teaparty did.

I’m cautiously optimistic stemming from the fact that ideologies based on hate never succeeds in the long run. They either fizzle out, eat themselves, or on rare occasions implode spectacularly.

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Widdershins@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Rectoplasm

Nice choice of words. Now I have a new band to listen to.

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frizop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

come a year or two and they will probably notice that they are objectively worse off

This has historically not been the case. Trump supporters are more likely to say things are “great” when asked how the presidents policies have affected them. They are entirely divorced from reality and hang on the presidents words as if their lives depended on it. They accept what he says as truth, and without fail his lackeys repeat those words/lies, things like, “the dow is over 50,000!” that we heard bondi say the other day in a hearing. I think people should be more informed how this is historically similar to nazi germany’s rise to power.

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- meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  
  Trump supporters are more likely to say things are “great” when asked how the presidents policies have affected them.
  
  They’re also likely to say “Biden’s policies” were terrible and “trump’s policies” are the best even if they describe Biden’s actual policies as “trump policies” and trump’s actual policies as “Biden’s policies”.
  
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