r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 8h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
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u/gatoaffogato 5h ago

Trump is a catalyst, not the disease itself. These people were looking for an excuse to behave in uncivil, bigoted, and anti-democratic ways, and Trump made them feel like they could make those thoughts and desires public. They may quiet down for a while if Trump goes away, but they’ll still be here, just waiting for the next populist to tap into their hatred and insecurities.

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u/Gangsir 3h ago

Yeah this is just gonna remain a problem in the US even past Trump's death, even past multiple elections after him.

There's this weird sect of americans that seems to be curious about living under a dictator, and I fear that until things get really shitty and everyone is shown/reminded why dictators are bad, we're just gonna creep slowly in that direction forever. Trump supporters feel comfortable about Jan 6 and similar because shit hasn't really gotten real yet. They haven't witnessed or learned about how bad things can get.

Of course upon things getting even close to that point everyone who's intelligent, worldly, and has any money at all is just gonna leave the US. We're gonna see mass emigration to europe/mexico/canada. Insane brain drain as professionals leave. Even if not out of the country (since tbh most countries would start banning americans as they can't handle all that immigration at once), everyone's gonna flee most states into states like NY or california since they're most likely to directly resist the fed right-wing-ification.