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So why did more than half the country vote for trump?

I don't believe most people give a shit about "doing good" if it means effort or cost on their part. Its all virtue signalling.

How many people are doing things that actually make a difference but which are hard, like giving up eating meat?




More than half of people that showed up to vote voted for trump. Not half the country.


they are the ones that matter


> So why did more than half the country vote for trump?

A damning indictment of the alternatives


Yes a pesky stable economy, cleaner environment, regulations to keep our food safe, no gestapo... the alternatives sure did sound terrible!


There was a gestapo, you just didn't notice


Oh yes. But....

5he alternatives tell you are racist, sexist, and a failure


A shitty information economy captured by corporate interests and lobbying. People watch Fox News but don't want ICE to deport moms because Fox intentionally doesn't cover when Trump says he's going to deport the moms.




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