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People struggling to pay bills are cheering on the president and his allies become richer at their expense. All because he claims to hate the same people they do. Culture war is powerful, and awful.

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Orwell didn't include the "Two-Minutes Hate" as a daily feature of life in "1984" for nothing. Human nature guarantees that we can be led around by our resentments, thrill to the bonding-via-malice, and never notice that we're being conned and exploited.

They do this as the REST OF THE WORLD HATES THEIR ENTIRE BEING. And WE'RE supposed to turn it all down because we are all the problem, not them. Oxyclean in the gene pool, my friends. Along with a nice healthy dosing of Lysol. Might remove the taint.

…and they’ll never change. Trump will never improve their lives, and he’ll go on taking from them. It’s only when fascists run out of groups to blame, and they start blaming their own base that some will open their eyes. We can’t afford to wait for that.

So true. Con-man in chief. I wish people would get out of their anger and see the real things. Donald j Dump is the worst things for the US. Wake up people. It is getting too late

All those who thought MAGAT 💩 were coming around are fools. MAGAts were only upset that the #TrumpRegime’s policies affected them and not just the Black/Brown folks those idiots hate. They’re Nazi monsters. Jeez!

Meanwhile, Americans from all walks of life are “welcoming the strangers” visiting for the World Cup and illustrating through their actual behaviors that his culture war is as much a failure as his war on Iran, science, medicine and Antifa’s algae.

And I no longer feel sorry for them. If someone hates others more than they love themselves, I have no use for them, and neither does a functioning society. If they don’t want to see where the blame lies in their situation, and don’t want to learn, then they will live their fate and suffer.

Trump signed to move forward then pulled a Netanyahu threatening this "Truce." This move gives Trump more pause in the Epstein/Trump files yet again. WE know he's crazy n wants 2 flex his muscles always. His Buddy Netanyahu wants 2 stay n power like Trump by any means necessary. Its all a farce.

One way to correct this culture war is to shut down the likes of FoxNews and all other podcasters/influencers formenting hate and divisiveness in this country. It has recently been the weapon of choice for Russia and China against the US!😏

Identity politics is a hell of a drug because it lets you ignore the spreadsheet. Easier to feel like you're winning if you're focused on who loses than on whether you actually gained anything.

The mechanism is older than culture war though. Scapegoating lets you feel agency when you don't have it. Blaming "them" is cheaper than asking why wages stalled. Both parties do this; the difference is just who gets blamed.

the white working class that support Trump prefer racial superiority over economic gains. LBJ had it mostly right. As long as you can convince MAGA they are better than minorities, they don't care if you pick their pocket. www.theguardian.com/inequality/n...

theguardian.comThe white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to themAccess to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency

It’s not so difficult when people are purposely left uneducated, stupid and misinformed You Adam come from this and while you’ve woken up this rot is so extensive that à complete detox is necessary and that my friend requires serious commitment and actual présence on the ground Good luck

Widespread stupidity in US makes it very hard for sane Americans to bring the country back to somewhat saner path. But it is still much easier than what people in many countries of the world have to face when fighting for democracy.

Trump's appeal isn't that he hates the people that MAGA hates. Trump's appeal is that he's promised to MAGA that he will *harm* the people that they hate. Big difference. Makes the loyalty asymmetrical and transactional. Different commitment.

The RW media echoverse spent decades smoothing away conflicting goal statements, giving viewers/listeners an opportunity to feel superior to others, to identify as culture warriors, most of all to be "right". "Conservatives" initiated an "us v them" zero sum model of culture, politics & governance.

It's a wonderful con: the rich white men convince the poor white men that women and non-white people are "taking things that are rightfully theirs", and the white men (and, even more sadly, white women) will happily hand over everything they own to the rich white men.

Many of them also believe with a passion that only rich people "create jobs", so by extension extreme concentration of wealth means more jobs, which is one of the dumbest ideas ever.

What they don't understand is that he hates them equally as much as their supposed enemies. He 'loves' only himself. He plays friendly with anyone who has money & will do his bidding (or a pretty skirt that flatters him wthout cringing).

Yup, as I’ve said, we don’t have a “Trump” problem, we have a MAGA problem Since 1619 when slavery started, through the confederacy and segregation and Jim Crow , KKK ,then tea party and now MAGA ,same people that share the racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia that Trump and Fox News deliver!

And the corporations are supporting his racism: bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Stone@david-stone.bsky.social

I've been seeing "37%" passed around a lot as the % of Republicans who are hardcore, racist MAGAnites for whom Trump can do no wrong, or 26 million Americans. Is it enough to keep GOP leaders aligned? I doubt it. We have to look at corporate America. I suspect that's where the true evil lies.

Call it what it is, bigotry. It’s just racism and bigotry. Calling it a culture war makes it seem a bit too quaint

Finally, you have arrived at what MAGA has been all about: racism, homophobia, misogyny, and xenophobia. They don't care about the corruption, crimes, grifting, and selling out democracy as long as he delivers on the hate.

And Krasnov has always been the type that's"a favor for a favor." With any of his pardons that he has given to the dems, Cuellar TX D comes to mind. For some ODD reason, he pardons him. That's TEXAS. He's a dem. I just see him infiltrating that party to have "YES" men on both sides.

Brought to US BY RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY, GLENN BECK, CHARKLE KIRK, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, THE KOCH BROS, FOX NEWS, JAKE TAPPER, ETC. ETC. ETC. The Right has destroyed the minds of Millions for decades to Rule over their ashes.

So VERY exhausted by Trump’s dishonesty, criminality, cruelty, ignorance and buffoonery. More exhausted by the GOP’s acceptance and support of all of the above. #voteblue #trumplies

It's not just because he claims to hate the same people they do; it's also because he legitimizes their hate in the first place. He shows them that it's OK to be base and vile and hateful and spiteful and petty and unlearned and gross ... He makes them feel it's OK to be them.

when the gop says they want to include folks in their big tent… they really mean their big white hoods “People struggling to pay bills are cheering on <it> and <its>allies become richer at their expense. All because <it>claims to hate the same people they do. Culture war is powerful, and awful”

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson, 1960

That is why we need to take their right wing propaganda outlets away from them. Nothing will ever get any better as long as they listen to that anti-America filth.

I'm surrounded by them. For 10 years, there's been daily front yard reminders of Dear Leader. I have one small Pride flag, and I feel the resentment from people who used to talk to me before he came along. He offers them nothing of value except confirmation of their own petty resentment.

They are actively planning to steal the elections. The machinations of this regime has no limit. I strongly advocate street protesting now so we can show we are a FORCE to be dealt with. Our weaknesses are the divisions amongst us. We must be prepared to rise up against this oppression.

It’s why I refused to give money to the one guy in my community who started a gofundme for his cancer. Bro voted for this, why should I bail him out?