• ᴀᴍʙɪᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛ@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    Doubt, fortunately. The extremists will largely never be turned, but most Trump supporters are moderates who care more about their own well-being than solidarity with the group. Mussolini is a great example of how an idiot dictator can quickly fragment his supporters and end up in the streets

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      “You can’t reason out of a position you didn’t come to through reason.”

      They just hate for hate sake. It’s time to come to terms that the dumb will not be saved by gentle parenting but need to be dragged into reality.

      • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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        1 hour ago

        Sure, but most of Trump’s voters did vote for him for a reason: their lives got noticeably harder under Biden. When their lives get even worse under Trump, they’ll vote for another change of party.

        The cultists waving Trump flags and buying Trump teddy bears and reading Trump bibles are fueled by identity politics, but the idea that the average Trump voter is one of those cultists is a lie that Trump would very much like you to believe