Former President Donald Trump’s supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.

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      1 year ago

      We aren’t. Facists are and they have been here the entire time. They feel empowered.

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        1 year ago

        We are, and if you don’t understand that… I mean, it’s better to know our failings than to not know them… Or let ego refuse them.

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      1 year ago

      Resentment towards elites who sold us all on a bunch of bullshit. The elites have failed us in nearly every way and that in turn made it easy for a populist like Trump to step in and start telling the lies that a certain demographic wants to hear.

      Mind you, I’m not saying that it makes any logical sense, I’m just explaining what I believe happened, or at least a big part of it.

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        Oh I definitely feel that resentment and it has certainly made me a worse person. The wealthy have done a smash & grab on our economies and it’s been destroying livelihoods.

        Where I feel like we’ve become stupid as a species is placing our trust in filthy rich corrupt oligarchs. Many of the politicians we elect are basically getting lobbyist handjobs from big corporations.

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        1 year ago

        I’d say that problem happened well before Ol’ Zuck thought to steal the Facebook idea and run with it.