Sunflier@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago‘I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Risingtalklikea.proexternal-linkmessage-square221linkfedilinkarrow-up1724arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squarejubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·13 days agoOklahoma, 1936: “I’m going to ignore centuries of established dry farming techniques here on this semi-arid plain. What could possible go wrong?” Oklahoma, 2024: “I’m going to vote to re-elect the guy whose economic policies nearly bankrupted me the first time. What could possibly go wrong?”
minus-squarepyrinix@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agoThat’s the kicker of it all. Okay, so you don’t want to research candidates, follow the news and all that. But wouldn’t you fucking think to vote against the guy or guys that fucked you over? At least? I think I would. Fool me once and all that?
Oklahoma, 1936: “I’m going to ignore centuries of established dry farming techniques here on this semi-arid plain. What could possible go wrong?”
Oklahoma, 2024: “I’m going to vote to re-elect the guy whose economic policies nearly bankrupted me the first time. What could possibly go wrong?”
That’s the kicker of it all.
Okay, so you don’t want to research candidates, follow the news and all that.
But wouldn’t you fucking think to vote against the guy or guys that fucked you over? At least? I think I would. Fool me once and all that?