Exactly what I’m seeing. Not quite four months into this and his supporters still making excuses for him and still unbelievably blaming Dems (ie He only won because they were so terrible,) I fear things will have to get much worse - primarily economically and health wise- before enough people start waking up. My husband and I have starte…
Exactly what I’m seeing. Not quite four months into this and his supporters still making excuses for him and still unbelievably blaming Dems (ie He only won because they were so terrible,) I fear things will have to get much worse - primarily economically and health wise- before enough people start waking up. My husband and I have started making financial adjustments. Next on the To Do list are updated wills.
Yes. Same here. The excuses are endless, shameless, and completely impervious to contradiction. The worst part? They’re not even defending him anymore. They’re defending the need for him to be right. Because the alternative would mean confronting everything they ignored, enabled, or endorsed. Most of them just… won’t.
I agree with you—things will likely have to get a lot worse. Not because it’s inevitable, but because that’s how deep the delusion runs. Economic collapse, health crises, institutional breakdown. I also have a fear that none of it will be seen as consequence, just more proof the enemies need to be punished harder.
We aren't going to win back the hardcore MAGA. There were Germans decades later who still missed Hitler. THey're gone and they ain't coming back. But they are not half the country. They are maybe a third, which is a frighteningly large enough percentage. Until it breaks through like the Signal story, people are not aware and that is the media's fault because they don't cover what is happening with the immediacy and truthfulness it deserves. That's where it's up to us to use our own outlets—not just here, but X (if you're still there). bluesky, IG, FB, TikTok etc to spread the word. Email your friend that damning clip. Tell your veteran uncle what they are doing to the VA. Let your friend know that her grandma with alzheimer's in the senior's home may be coming to live with her parents if they cut Medicaid because unless they can pony up the thousands of dollars per month for her care, she'll be kicked out.
Actually, to be a bit of a pessimist, it strikes me that things getting worse is really part of the point. It will drive off those who are awake to the danger and have the means to flee it. And it will make those who can't, and those who want the easy path, far more willing--indeed, glad--to give up liberty to attain it. No, do not discount the notion that economic hardship is an aim, not an unintended or unavoidable consequence.
Exactly what I’m seeing. Not quite four months into this and his supporters still making excuses for him and still unbelievably blaming Dems (ie He only won because they were so terrible,) I fear things will have to get much worse - primarily economically and health wise- before enough people start waking up. My husband and I have started making financial adjustments. Next on the To Do list are updated wills.
Yes. Same here. The excuses are endless, shameless, and completely impervious to contradiction. The worst part? They’re not even defending him anymore. They’re defending the need for him to be right. Because the alternative would mean confronting everything they ignored, enabled, or endorsed. Most of them just… won’t.
I agree with you—things will likely have to get a lot worse. Not because it’s inevitable, but because that’s how deep the delusion runs. Economic collapse, health crises, institutional breakdown. I also have a fear that none of it will be seen as consequence, just more proof the enemies need to be punished harder.
We aren't going to win back the hardcore MAGA. There were Germans decades later who still missed Hitler. THey're gone and they ain't coming back. But they are not half the country. They are maybe a third, which is a frighteningly large enough percentage. Until it breaks through like the Signal story, people are not aware and that is the media's fault because they don't cover what is happening with the immediacy and truthfulness it deserves. That's where it's up to us to use our own outlets—not just here, but X (if you're still there). bluesky, IG, FB, TikTok etc to spread the word. Email your friend that damning clip. Tell your veteran uncle what they are doing to the VA. Let your friend know that her grandma with alzheimer's in the senior's home may be coming to live with her parents if they cut Medicaid because unless they can pony up the thousands of dollars per month for her care, she'll be kicked out.
We aren't powerless and we aren't voiceless.
Actually, to be a bit of a pessimist, it strikes me that things getting worse is really part of the point. It will drive off those who are awake to the danger and have the means to flee it. And it will make those who can't, and those who want the easy path, far more willing--indeed, glad--to give up liberty to attain it. No, do not discount the notion that economic hardship is an aim, not an unintended or unavoidable consequence.
Of course it’s an aim. Autocrats want the people to be sick, poor and uneducated so they don’t have the wherewithal to resist.