Thing is I don’t even think a lot of people realize what’s going on and the road we are on. Those same people that fell for the right wing propaganda and voted for this are still falling for it now they’re just doing it quietly. Even when you show them what’s happening they don’t believe it or act like they don’t know what you’re talking about.
When Trump started that fake news seed of doubt campaign back in 2015 it’s become hard to fight disinformation. I stated in another thread that 90% of cacs I meet are conspiracy theorists but ONLY when it comes to democrats, government, science, medicine, and news. Anything Republican/MAGA is the truth in their eyes. Not sure how you right this ship at this point.
America is lost in a terminal collective delusion that's rapidly taking us off a cliff. The same type of delusion and collective madness that swept Germany in the 1930's is now present here in America. I'm convinced a good amount of MAGA can be convinced to justify ANYTHING this adminstration does, no matter how dark it is.
I'm not sure how we break this cycle either, other than mass suffering or some catastrophic event. The media landscape is also very troubling. We went from Trump convincing most of his supporters that factual news was fake almost a decade ago to our present, where most of mainstream media is now sane washing him and all this chaos. Everything has changed so dramatically since 2015. And Elon's takeover of Twitter, the rise of right-wing influencers like Tom Pool, Joe Rogan, Theo Von, Candace Owens, etc has only muddied the social media ecosystem in this country. Most Americans aren't even getting an accurate reading of what's going on. And unless you're already politically savvy and informed like us there is no media outlet giving them the context they need to understand the consequences of Trump's actions. Most Americans don't watch MSNBC. And they damn sure aren't watching left wing alternative media outlets. They're inundated with right wing narratives constantly. This is why Trump's approval rating is actually going up. Its pure madness.
Its hard to say where this all leads but a lot of people are going to be hurt as a result of this. This type of collective delusion America is trapped in isn't sustainable and will at some point come to a head.