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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have a neighbor who voted for Trump. He relies on aspects of medicaid, to get insulin, that the GOP have directly targeted for removal from what it will cover. I told him this, he didn't believe me. So I showed him it in writing from a GOP source. He said that Trump will find some way for people like him to get their insulin. They just want this particular way gone because it's a bad method. I even pointed out that there was zero discussion of changing these policies, to make them more sensible, or anything like that, just an outline that they plan on stopping that coverage. He just doubled down that he won't be abandoned, they aren't just getting rid of the coverage, they are getting rid of THAT SPECIFIC WAY OF DOING IT because it is inefficient, or whatever.

If you explained that tariffs would hurt their income, and employment, in a way they understood, they would just assume there was something being cooked up to make sure that didn't happen. Now that all the manufacturing companies, here, are demonstrating that there will be big losses of profit margin, and cutting compensation to workers, they are mad. However, I personally doubt they will stay mad, or mad enough, or that they won't just end up blaming Joe Biden for it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Before now, these programs didn't get cut because of the checks and balances of our government. They probably think this presidency will be like the 45th. Those protections are gone and a lot of people are going to suffer and die because of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those protections are gone and a lot of people are going to suffer and die because of it.

Yup. We gave all the keys to the kingdom to the crazies and we're about to find out how bad of a choice that was.

And honestly, I couldn't care less how much Americans suffer now. That part of me is gone. We asked for it and now we're going to get it. Time to learn the hard way. Not that we're going to learn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I used to. Now I realize what's coming is inevitable.

I applaud your optimism and support you in what I believe is a worthwhile, but ultimately futile endeavor. Good luck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter how much conservatives suffer from conservative policy. They will ALWAYS find someone to blame but themselves. Hell, there are parts of our country that feel like 3rd world countries when you drive through them that have been voting Republican exclusively for generations and they still don't understand why their lives suck so much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There are parts of the country who's poverty level, and access to utilities, medical care, etc., literally is third world. Northern WV has a lot of that, for instances. There are whole towns without plumbing, paved roads, electricity, etc. People living in shacks, no education, no reasonable way to leave.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Yup.

You'd think suffering would lead people to vote more responsibly. But I guess it has the opposite effect. I guess maybe their lives are such shit that what's coming isn't going to make their lives much worse. But it certainly won't make them better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I don't understand humans, they keep putting their hands on the stove and making fun of people who don't do that, all while wondering why their hands hurt.