If every halfway respectable news outlet sounded the alarm and made Trump’s threats to democracy and the rule of law the dominant story from now until election day, he’d still have 85% of his supporters. Some would be OK with it. Some would say he’s still better than Biden. Most would never see it because they live in a media bubble that tells them what they want to hear. And more than a few would call those stories hit pieces and climb into the bubble to be safe and comfortable.
We do need the media and everyone else to sound the alarm. And even a small shift could be enough to make the difference. But as long a large portion of the population is listening to outlets that unabashedly spew extremist propaganda, we’re going to continue have this problem.
Hell, a lot of them would be even more energized if outlets “oppressed” him. His followers are convinced that all the court proceedings and bad press are just those liberals being afraid, and if it makes those liberals afraid, that’s got to be good.
He even has some criticism from Republicans covered, with the whole RINO schtick to “no true Scotsman” away criticism from some Republicans.
Maybe, maybe if you had almost the entire Republican party, Fox News, OANN, and newsmax all calling him out, maybe. As it stands any other outlet complaing is just more delicious liberal tears to a group of people who are eager for their leopard to eat the faces of people they don’t like.
Almost every American is trying to survive a 30% to 50% cost of living increase that got worse under Joe Biden.
Do you really think they’re going to care if the candidate of change is a fascist? History has already taught us that political ideology is secondary to one’s survival.
We’ve found a few hundred billion for another country’s wars, but can’t seem to find a dime for our own. How it started is inconsequential at this point. The person with the power to help is MIA and spending his time figuring out how to send even more of our money overseas, this time to support Israel’s genocide.
It’s true that military spending as a percentage of GDP has dropped over the years, yes.
It doesn’t change the fact that we massively neglect the needs of our own people in order to spend incredible sums of public money for warmongers, money said warmongers don’t need. It’s not enough that our military has bases in nearly every country on earth or that we’re running wars in seven or eight countries simultaneously, we’re now expected to find hundreds of billions more for other country’s wars too.
Canada spends 26 bill a year on war. Mexico spends 8 bill a year on war. We spend more than a trillion every year.
All while our people are suffering under a 30-50% cost of living increase and housing scarcity is accelerating.
If every halfway respectable news outlet sounded the alarm and made Trump’s threats to democracy and the rule of law the dominant story from now until election day, he’d still have 85% of his supporters. Some would be OK with it. Some would say he’s still better than Biden. Most would never see it because they live in a media bubble that tells them what they want to hear. And more than a few would call those stories hit pieces and climb into the bubble to be safe and comfortable.
We do need the media and everyone else to sound the alarm. And even a small shift could be enough to make the difference. But as long a large portion of the population is listening to outlets that unabashedly spew extremist propaganda, we’re going to continue have this problem.
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Why is it always after? When people like you are sounding the alarm before. It’s always, “why didn’t anyone warn us?”
Hell, a lot of them would be even more energized if outlets “oppressed” him. His followers are convinced that all the court proceedings and bad press are just those liberals being afraid, and if it makes those liberals afraid, that’s got to be good.
He even has some criticism from Republicans covered, with the whole RINO schtick to “no true Scotsman” away criticism from some Republicans.
Maybe, maybe if you had almost the entire Republican party, Fox News, OANN, and newsmax all calling him out, maybe. As it stands any other outlet complaing is just more delicious liberal tears to a group of people who are eager for their leopard to eat the faces of people they don’t like.
It doesn’t matter what the media says.
Almost every American is trying to survive a 30% to 50% cost of living increase that got worse under Joe Biden.
Do you really think they’re going to care if the candidate of change is a fascist? History has already taught us that political ideology is secondary to one’s survival.
The inflation and subsequent cost of living increase is a direct consequence of the covid stimulus packages.
Now remind me again who it was that started the money printing after the catastrophic handling of the pandemic.
If only people could eat excuses.
We’ve found a few hundred billion for another country’s wars, but can’t seem to find a dime for our own. How it started is inconsequential at this point. The person with the power to help is MIA and spending his time figuring out how to send even more of our money overseas, this time to support Israel’s genocide.
Fun Fact: Ever since the end of the Cold War every Republican presidency increased military spending while every Democrat president reduced it.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Military_spending_%25_of_revenue.webp
It’s true that military spending as a percentage of GDP has dropped over the years, yes.
It doesn’t change the fact that we massively neglect the needs of our own people in order to spend incredible sums of public money for warmongers, money said warmongers don’t need. It’s not enough that our military has bases in nearly every country on earth or that we’re running wars in seven or eight countries simultaneously, we’re now expected to find hundreds of billions more for other country’s wars too.
Canada spends 26 bill a year on war. Mexico spends 8 bill a year on war. We spend more than a trillion every year.
All while our people are suffering under a 30-50% cost of living increase and housing scarcity is accelerating.
It’s obscene.
That’s what happens when you stimulate an economy that was already doing well and then pass the buck to the next guy.