• aarRJaay@lemm.ee
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    7 hours ago

    But they knew the close relationship, the money spent, the egos of all involved. How did they NOT see this coming? I hate to say it but it was inevitable that something bad was going to happpen, maybe not as fast as it has, but it was clear a vote for Trump was a vote for Musk.

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      4 hours ago

      I think less people actually knew than we think. Sure they saw Musk on stage with their mango mussolini, but they couldn’t put two and two together.

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        1 hour ago

        Yeah, it’s a bummer but I think many comments are giving the American public too much credit.

        The combined effects of “decent white Christians simply vote Republican” and “super rich white man good, two super rich white men better” probably count for a majority of trump’s votes.