• PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au
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    9 days ago

    “59% are in favor of extending Obamacare subsidies. Unfortunately, until the pollster explained it to them, 0.59% were aware that that’s what the government shutdown is about. So the connection to how they’re going to vote in the future is a little tenuous, Charles.”

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      This is it, entirely. The majority of MAGA voters are living in an alternate reality created by the media they consume. They aren’t operating from an informed perspective anymore. It’s all manufactured outrage over hyperbolic strawman scenarios.

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    I feel like there is a divide in MAGA. One part is elitist rich capitalists who want to be able to exploit as much of the country and its people as possible, as unhindered as possible and while giving the least possible back to the community, and the poorer, less educated people who fall for the “culture war” distraction.

    Trump won’t win over the latter group by removing Obamacare and this group far outnumbers the former.

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    Of course Fox, NewsMax and now even Government websites will be saying Democrats are keeping the government shut down, but not about why they are.

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      9 days ago

      No, they will lie and say that Democrats want to fund free healthcare for non-citizens.

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    9 days ago

    It’s time to tax the rich & corporations. Without all that free money, they can’t own all the news outlets.