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I’ll never forget the Great HN Vote where everyone decided to get on board the Trump Train
OP didn't say a majority. It's hard to deny that a sizable portion of the tech community is made up of ancap techno-libertarian types; and that the dismantling of the US government is their dream.
Saying a group was all aboard a train is not a common way to indicate a minority. And they said they wrote off most of the people here.
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> Anecdotally, I have some extended family who were very pro-Trump. One of them recently discovered that her job was funded through a federal grant, and now it’s likely going to be cut even though she doesn’t work for the government directly. They also discovered that one of their family members is covered by Medicaid through an avenue that’s looking like it will be cut. They went through a stage of disbelief, but no…
All of the news stories about unlikely Trump voters having regrets are just ragebait. Journalists can always find someone for readers to laugh at because they voted for someone who was openly against them, but that’s a different issue. The real interesting voter regret is when the likely Trump voters start realizing that their guy isn’t who they thought. It’s not going to happen quickly because denial and rationaliza…
Yeah, I'm sick of the "I learned I was wrong the hard way" clickbait that's cropping up everywhere. We are past the time for that.
We need to be building a platform that houses the left and right in order to have a chance at standing up to this. This will be a real litmus test for the US: do we favor our tribal affiliations more than the country that enables us to have those affiliations? Or are we willing to put them aside for the greater good?
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How could they fall for it. I mean, even during the first time it was obvious that he actually meant it, as he did try to enact all the crazy bullshit. The only saving grace was adults in the room around him. Now all the adults are gone.
IGs and others stopped him from doing some of the worst and dumbest stuff. This time he (illegally) fired a bunch of them right out of the gate. The Heritage Foundation wasn't caught off guard (and a bit out in the cold) by his success this time, and backed him with a plan. They did it out in the open, the recruiting and a whole lot of specifics about what they wanted to do and how they were going to do it. It wasn't…
Totally agree. It’s like, I get the hard core MAGA voters. The smart ones knew exactly what they are voting for, and they’re now super elated. The not so smart ones just voted for the movement, and their leader, unlikely to be disappointed by anything he does (read Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt).
Everyone else… yeah.
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#195Anyone who still thinks Elon Musk is trying to make the government more efficient is willfully ignorant at this point. Elon, Peter Thiel, and JD Vance all want to dismantle government. Trump is a pawn in this.
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I think people didn’t want to believe it when they blamed DEI for the helicopter crash. The algebra looks like this: Privatize FAA = x + y Where x is any discovery or event related to the FAA, and where y is any red meat justification (dei|immigration|trans). There are many such equations: Strategic bitcoin reserve = x + y. Long two years, just going to leave this here. They will always find x and y to complete their…
Since you mention the FAA, I wonder what will happen if the NTSB's report on the Washington disaster doesn't match Trump's preconceived conclusions, e.g. by placing most of the blame on the (female) helicopter pilot. If he interferes there, that will be the final straw convincing me that the US is unfortunately no better than the "banana republics" it used to make fun of anymore...
I mean he changed the path of a hurricane via sharpie in the first term. He is incapable of admitting being wrong ever.
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#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It is mind blowing to me that this is what people want. It is not what people want. The Trump administration’s popularity is already below 50%, and much lower among independents (around 30% depending on the poll). Many people aren’t yet aware of what’s happening. A lot of the electorate is getting their news from filtered sources like Fox News or various far right media outlets. Joe Rogan has gone all in on praisin…
It may not be what people want now, but it is what people voted for. People voted for tariff and massive day 1 changes and federal cuts. People wanted a loud strong man president who makes deals. These actions ARE what people (who voted) wanted… people just didn’t think about the outcome
Which people?
I hear that it is the same people who voted Donald last time who voted Donald again this time. No others voted for him.
The issue seems to be that many people who are not trumpists did not vote at all.
Maybe i'm wrong, but it seems that if everyone who could vote actually did vote, then Donald would have lost.
So ... maybe he won, but i hardly think he represents the majority is US citizens.
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The is exactly a move the people in power in those troubled countries will use to maintain control over government. It used to be that the US government had pride in its own professionalism. The US is now acting like the countries it loves to destabilize.
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Plenty of dictators were elected. Someone being elected does not make them good. And Musk was not elected.
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> It’s only a matter of time until they realize that they were the intended targets of the cuts, not accidental damage. I suspect that other scapegoats can be found to blame for their problems; as you say, their news sources will offer them all sorts of filters to deflect blame from the obvious source.
> I suspect that other scapegoats can be found to blame for their problems Woke, Biden, DEI, Obama, trans, Hillary, Soros, gays, illegals, fluoride. Take your pick.
> Take your pick.
Now now, there's no need to choose, you can just blame all of them all at once!
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> It is mind blowing to me that this is what people want. I very much doubt this is what people want. But people aren't asked their opinion, and there's a difference between disagreeing and starting an insurrection to prevent a coup.
A lot of Americans have been getting screwed for 30 years and have little invested in the stability of the system.
> have little invested in the stability of the system.
They think they have little invested in the stability of the system.