Gonna keep this short and straight to the point, we all know how they act.
With trump siding with the Tech Bros Billionaires on immigration, even after his most die hard supporters were against it. I see several MAGAS just falling in line with Elon calling them stupid and that’s why we need more educated and qualified people to take these better jobs (whilst we’re on the cusp of deleting the Department of Education).
Anyone with functions eyes and ears can tell you they’ve been played, but they’re still deeply loyal to trump even though he back tracking on one of his biggest (and few) positions. Without mass deportations or hawkish immigration laws. What the hell does trump even offer to these people other than the occasional dog whistles they love?
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Nothing I have ever read, ever, is more on point or more important in understanding Trump voters:
https://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-trumps-rise-that-no-one-talks-about
This is from 2016 and is no less relevant in 2025.
Like the author, I’ve lived both sides of the urban/rural divide. I get it. Y’all can scream all you want about how illogical MAGA feelings are, but that’s exactly where Democrats so goddamned always fail. “But we’re objectively right!”, liberals shout. Being right doesn’t win elections, appeals to emotion win elections.
Wow you weren’t kidding that’s a fantastic article. Thank you for sharing!
Yes
They’re not only fueled by racism and hate. They’re also fueled by Fear. Examine most of what they profess, their policy decisions and trends, and you can see they are deeply afraid of the world and of anyone even remotely not like them.
Look at their obsession with guns and gun culture. They are convinced that everyone “Other” will absolutely harm them if given the chance. Be it neighbors or strangers, they’re sure the only thing keeping someone from hurting them is the lack of opportunity to do so.
They’re afraid that they’ll lose their jobs. It doesn’t even bother them to call immigrants lazy, and then in the same breath exclaim that some lazy undocumented mexican is going to steal their job.
They’re afraid of increasing numbers of immigrants because they’re afraid that they’ll become the minority, and they know damn well how minorities are treated, and it scares the shit out of them.
They’re afraid of LGBTQ+ people too. They laugh and mock the idea that it’s "homophobia or transphobia saying they’re not afraid, but then they’re afraid someone they’re not attracted to will flirt with them, or their kids will be inducted into the “LGBTQ Mafia.” It’s not just hate, they genuinely think they are the victims and that the only thing preserving their way of life is striking first.
They are absolutely hate filled racists, for sure, but deep inside they’re fucking scared and that makes them lash out.
Well, yes and no. But mostly yes. But kinda no. It’s complicated.
Everybody, including both the “pOlItiCaL lEfT” in the U.S. and the MAGA Republicans can see… shit’s kinda fucked, right? The whole world is kinda floundering right now, and the U.S. more so than many of the other parts that think of themselves as “developed” and “world powers.”
And the way in which the U.S. is borked is one that hits pretty close to home for people. People’s jobs are on shaky ground. And even most people with job security get ridiculously low pay. Meanwhile, the price of things like housing and medical care continues to climb.
And what passes as the “left wing” in the U.S. recognizes that the root of most of those problems is capitalism. All while capitalism is continuing to churn out propaganda in its own defense, convincing people that their jobs aren’t tenuous because billionaires are assholes but rather because Mexicans are going to steal your jobs. And that worker pay isn’t low because billionaires are assholes, but because the EPA is putting an undue burden on your employer, making it impossible for poor him with his seven yachts to pay you a living wage.
So, you do have to realize there is a massive propaganda campaign going on in the U.S. (not exclusively in the U.S., but it’s gotten a lot of traction in the U.S.) constantly feeding people in the U.S. racist, hate-filled, fascist conspiracy theories.
But it’s also the case that some people fall for it (and perpetuate it) and others don’t. And in that regard, it’s not as if you can put all the blame on the corporations and leave none for individual hate-filled, racist, fascist assholes.
But, it is the case that Trump and the right wing have managed to convert the discontent into support specifically for Trump via racism and hate. Where as the left(er) has the same discontent, but no love for Trump, and arguably much much less hate and racism.
So, I guess, again, the answer is “yes and no; it’s complicated.”
And of course all the above is a massive oversimplification as well.
I remember reading about a study that said the biggest correlation in conservative minds is they have an overactive fear center of the brain.
They are afraid of immigrants, LGBT+, etc.
If you watched Fox News all day, you’d probably be more scared than if you didn’t. If you stopped, you might wonder why nobody’s talking about the dangers Fox told you about.
You realize those “studies” are pseudo science?
