They’re a cult, everyone within the cult implicitly agrees on the reality that matches what the leader(s) say regardless of what the leader does. There are many pipelines into the cult, gamers/incels, being an outcast for some reason, the general shitty state of things, etc they all lead to a desire for things to be better in some way. The leader promises this and everyone in the cult agrees that following the leader will fix these things somehow. If the leader does something contrary it is justified simply by saying that you as not the leader don’t understand. There’s 5d chess being played and while you’re awesome and good with 4d chess because you’re in the cult only the leader and some of the higher ups know the 5d strategy. Don’t worry and trust the leader. Drink the Flavor aid, your kids and friends already did.
Does anyone actually know what MAGA all agree they are getting out of all this?
Submitted 1 day ago by Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
cabbage@piefed.social 1 day ago
It seems to me Trumps strategy is always to promise different, often contradictory, things to different people. Anti elite is the red thread.
By tearing the entire country down, I guess a lot of his base feels he is successfully fucking up the elites. They like him because his different and promises real change, and I guess that's what they are getting.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think this question’s a tad premature, as it’s been less than two weeks, but in the short-term I imagine the major beneficiaries are the border cities along the southern and northern borders.
Other than that, it’s the same culty shit we see no matter who’s elected. Dems pretend their guy is a good president. Republicans pretend their guy is a good president, even when they’re doing objectively atrocious things.
Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee 1 day ago
It was also pretty cool to see some actual positive news out of Palestine in recent weeks.
The fact that you think that has anything to do with Trump shows how disingenuous or ignorant you are being. The ceasefire was reached while Biden was president, and the only thing Trump has done is reauthorize even bigger bombs for Israel.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The ceasefire was reached while Biden was president
No reasonable person thinks Biden was the reason the ceasefire was reached, as the genocide continued until the literal final day of his presidency. There’s a very good reason why he had the nickname Genocide Joe, and that reason is that he did everything to earn it.
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I live in a northern border city. What benefit should I be on the lookout for?
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Lesser numbers of illegal immigrants entering the country, both as a result of the tariff deal and increased enforcement.
Euphorazine@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
But what are illegal immigrants doing that is bad? They pay taxes (sales tax, property tax via rent, and income tax if they have a stolen ID), they buy things, they contribute labor. We’re spending money to deport and hold them. It’s all a net negative.
If the problem is that they are undocumented, then document them. Give them work visas. They don’t get the right to vote or have access to welfare systems with a work visa.
How many children of immigrants speak really good English? They usually translate for their parents in my experience. Which means they are assimilating to the culture. It also seems most time the first child might have a more ethnic name, the first grandchildren usually have more American names.
Illegal immigrants commit less crime per capita, which makes sense because if you are here illegally and do crime, you get deported after your sentence. They have a bigger incentive to not do crime.
America was built by immigrants, we’re known as the cultural melting pot. When did it become such a big deal and so restricted to enter the country? Our birth rates arent high enough to sustain us forever, we need immigration.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I agree. I would like to see a more robust legal immigration system too, but I don’t think that’s ever going to materialize.
There are some issues that are a golden goose for the two ruling parties, and the Republicans make a whole lot more money with immigration being illegal than they do if we have an immigration system that actually works. That’s money they can legally pocket by loaning cash to their campaigns at 20% interest, on top of taking “gifts” in exchange for lobbyist access, so they have a vested interest making sure it never changes.
With that said, this is what America voted for. We’re stuck with it.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 23 hours ago
Along the northern border
Look, while most of the southern border rheroric is rooted in racism, I would say there is probably a bit of an issue there, just not nearly as terrible as these racist assholes keep pushing.
But Canada?
Are we pushing that Canada has a border issue now?
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
Its all those Canadians fleeing to the US for a better life and TERKIN ARE JERBS
/s
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I’m not pushing anything. I’m just make sense of a premature question, and I think most of the people who voted Trump want the border secured on both sides.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Do you think the dictator stuff isn’t alarming? Are you not made nervous by the attempt to determine the loyalty of LEO and the military to Trump rather than the USA?
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
No. The judiciary’s acting to counter it, as it is designed to do.
Also, fascism is and has been a fact of life in America for decades. The Patriot Act is two decades old. Open torture in America is two decades old. Ferguson was ten years ago, and nothing changed. (except militarization of police got worse and now we have cop cities) Despite vast opposition to the genocide in Gaza, Biden made sure Israel got their WMD’s. Most people in America are working 2-3 jobs at upwards of 100 hours a week for the privilege of barely surviving in a roach-infested studio. School shootings are not only a more regular phenomenon, but now people want it to be legal for people to 3-D print their guns and have them be completely untraceable. Abortion is criminalized in Idaho and soon it will be in the majority of the US states due to Biden’s failure to act.
It’s hard for me to pretend that things have suddenly gotten worse when they’ve already been bad decades and it’s just that half of the population is always willing to ignore it because their guy is in charge.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 day ago
From the replies, it seems that we’re all having a hard time pinning it down exactly.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Look in his eyes, it’s all lies. The stars after v be stripes have been swiped, washed out and wiped and replaced with his own face”
It was written about W but I think it applies again
aarRJaay@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I assume it’s “Sending all the foreigners back to where they came from” (even if they came from the US). Anyone who doesn’t look, think, act or speak like them have to go so they can live in the utopia they think it will be once they’ve all gone.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 23 hours ago
There is no more consensus about anything between MAGA people than there is among the left. People are individuals and they have different values. Voting for a party/candidate doesn’t mean they agree on everything. There’s likely greater difference in views and values within the groups than between them.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Quick reminder: America has no left. The Dems are centre-right vs GoP far-right (and counting).
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
This is very true.
Here in Missouri, for instance, voters went red but also passed a $15 minimum wage, required paid sick leave, and voted down an abortion ban. It’s ironic, considering Democrats always insist that if they just get more
conservativecentrist they’ll win elections.