1/3 of the country is regular sensible people
1/3 of the country is literal fascists who worship Hitler second to Trump
1/3 of the country is too stupid to know the difference
1/3 of the country don’t really pay attention to anything if it doesn’t affect them directly.
The biggest drama in my family is how my uncle failed to pay child support and now has to go to court. They only recently learned about ICE like a week ago, even though they’ve been in the news in my city for the past year.
At my night classes, someone brought up Epstein and a student my age said that she thought it was released a few years ago. I don’t think she’s stupid. She has like 5 kids and was attending night school for more job experience.
I won’t be surprised if the Superbowl will be the first time a large percentage of Americans even learn about ICE.
There’s that third again.
~1/3 voted for Harris ~1/3 votes for Dump ~1/3 didnt vote.
I.e., the republicunts are okay with what ICE is doing.
The thing that bothers me is that in 2024, polling found a majority of Americans favored Trump on immigration and trusted him more than Harris to do a good job on the issue.
When I guessed what Trump was going to do about immigration, it looked a whole lot like what he’s actually doing. It wasn’t especially hard to guess because he said what he intended to do. While that’s not a guarantee with a habitual liar, he did have a record of attempting to keep campaign promises.
What the hell were people who trusted him on immigration in 2024 and don’t like what he’s doing in 2026 expecting?
This graphic is a perfect TL;DR.
Dem adds up to 101%
Overall adds up to 99%.
That happens when rounding.
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Oh my God we’re so fucked
Nah, the GOP is a fucked death cult circling the drain and hemorrhaging supporters. Americans on average are about as cool as they have been in a while. It sucks that it takes seeing the ICEstapo horror show play out in front of them for months is what it took, but they’re more pro-immigrarion now than they have been in years. Say what you will about the absolute numbers, the trajectory of public opinion overall is good.
So why resist them if they are doomed to fail?
Are you watching different news than me? This “fucked” cult just coordinated over years to successfully capture the government, and started doing ethnic cleansing in short order.
Claiming that the fascists are doomed to fail seems naive at this point in the fascist descent.
and 89% of the GOP views trump favorably. We are so horribly broken , I’ve given up trying to make sense of this. Are there really this many bad people in this country, they can’t all be gullible cult members?
It’s not gullibility; the reactionary right want to oppress the people they hate. It’s White Christian Supremacy.
It’s similar to the KKK: they weren’t tricked into being hateful pieces of shit, they just are. Sure, a big part of that is that their culture is rotten with fundamentalism and anti-intelectualism, but those are cultivated and flourish because they’re helpful to the cause of being hateful pieces of shit.
I’d say it isn’t just similar to the KKK, it is the KKK. The Dems effectively kicked those losers out of their party by the early 1960s, but then oligarch Republicans who had been losing elections since the 1930s because the Great Depression so thoroughly discredited their laissez faire nonsense invited them in by running Barry “I think civil rights is a states rights issue” Goldwater for president, and that anti-social and destructive political coalition has been fucking shit up for everyone ever since.
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Yes, they are literal Nazis but don’t like being called that publicly
Behind closed doors who knows
Think of it less as bad people, than individuals drawn into self-reinforcing belief systems through algorithmically amplified echo chambers. Modern technology—primarily smartphones and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but also cable news (Fox/NewsNation) and podcasts—systematically exploits cognitive biases such as confirmation bias and correlation neglect to isolate users from dissenting viewpoints. This creates environments where belief and exclusivity override rational discourse, mirroring historical patterns where economic distress fueled extremism.
Just as post-WWI Germany’s hyperinflation and reparations under the Treaty of Versailles bred widespread anger and desperation—enabling extremist movements like the Nazis to gain traction by scapegoating minorities—today’s algorithmic ecosystems channel similar frustrations into polarized identity politics. Users aren’t merely “gullible”; they’re trapped in feedback loops where platforms prioritize engagement over truth, reinforcing preexisting narratives while filtering out complexity. This isn’t unique to the U.S.: Brazil’s Bolsonaro movement, France’s National Rally, and Italy’s Brothers of Italy all leverage these dynamics to mobilize bases through emotional appeals to victimhood and exclusion.
The core issue isn’t malice but structural amplification. Social media’s profit-driven algorithms curate content that deepens ideological divides, making users perceive opposing views as existential threats. Fixing this requires confronting how technology reshapes human cognition—not blaming individuals for succumbing to systems designed to exploit their biases. As one study notes, these echo chambers don’t just reflect polarization; they manufacture it through recursive reinforcement of extreme content.
I think this is all just serving to amplify problems America already has had since the Civil War and reconstruction, and I really don’t think those problems are distributed evenly across the political spectrum, it really is a right wing problem,
But the basic dynamic you’re outlining definitely is real and definitely serves to make that underlying problem worse
The thread below is an interesting example of how anger can override rational discourse.
I think calling out specific comments is unnecessary and a bit counterproductive
So a third of the people I meet don’t have a problem with it?
And I’m supposed to care about this society?
Jumping in. You’ve had a conversation with Vintage, but I just want to add that boundaries are okay. Compassion fatigue is understandable. Giving a damn about a world that feels like it’s hurting you is hard and overwhelming. I sympathize.
I hope you hear that not everyone you meet or who engage with reflects you. Some of us care about you because you are human. It is okay not to care in the same way.
It is also okay to dissent, and be against the crowd. It is good for us to listen and engage with things that we don’t like, we need the challenge. So I thank you for that as well. I might not agree, but I appreciate the discourse and helping keep us grounded.
Well said
Well, those people sure don’t, so I guess its up to you to decide what third you want to be in.
You can find 1/ 3 of people to agree with almost anything. Half of adults read At OR BELOW the 6th grade level. That’s a whole lot of stupid and misinformed people
You know that makes it worse, right?
Yes.
Sorry my give a damn is broken
So I guess you know what third you are in.
What about the other two thirds? What about the actual children who couldn’t answer this survey?
I’m sure they’re all terrible in their own unique way.
Even the children?
Don’t get me started on children
No I really want to hear your take. This is gonna be fun 🍿
