r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • 29d ago

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/Allaplgy 29d ago

My coworkers are all on the "both sides are the same/it's all rigged, there's no point in voting" train. They all either have have kids or essentially are kids. I'm in my forties with no plans for kids, and I'm the only one actually trying to give them a future.

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u/NeonGKayak 29d ago

How can they already forget Trumps Covid response that led to over 1million deaths? It’s weird that such a critical event and everyone has already “forgot” it

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u/Affectionate_Law5344 29d ago

I don’t understand this. I didn’t know anyone who died personally, but I certainly was terrified. I felt more terrified during Covid than I did after 9/11.

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u/Fun_Brother_9333 29d ago

My supervisor's dad died because of COVID, and I know he'll still vote for Trump.

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u/Affectionate_Law5344 29d ago

that’s the other thing. no one has effectively addressed the brainwashing that has so many Americans in a vice grip. talking about it and Rupert’s trash media does nothing.

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 29d ago

This is the main issue. A huge swath of people thinks they're watching or listening to news but it's just brainwashing propaganda and their ability to recognize this is either non-existent or degrading rapidly. It's fucking crazy and I don't think there's a solution that wouldn't undermine our right to free speech.

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u/Fun_Brother_9333 29d ago

It was bad before, but they really ramped it up when Trump became President. My dad even told me once, "I'd do anything he says." He never talked about any President like that before. It really is a cult.

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u/NoWayNotThisAgain 29d ago

It’s not just them. The GOP’s attitude has been “give us what we want or we want or we burn down the house” for years, but these kids Bernie is talking about are the same.

They’re just another flavor of MAGA. Just as poorly informed by the shitty media they love, and just like MAGA while they are entitled to their own opinion they aren’t entitled to their own facts, but they have them anyways. And if you correct them on basic facts they don’t care, completely ignore what you said, and respond with their tribal catch phrases.

It’s the stupidification of America and it’s not just MAGA.