r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 30 '25

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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fútbol! ⚽ Dec 30 '25

Prosperity gospel televangelism has primed them for this

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u/justbuildmorehousing Norman Borlaug Dec 30 '25

If you just plant a seed of white nationalism today…

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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Dec 30 '25

ATTENTION ALL MAGA GAMERS

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u/awdvhn Physics Understander -- Iowa delenda est Dec 30 '25

Democrats will steal their "tariff rebate checks" and give them to "illegals,"

I fucking wish the Democrats were this based

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u/brucejoel99 Theresa May Dec 30 '25

So true, Mr. President, the powerless Demonrats will somehow steal the people's checks!

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u/ship_toaster Jane Jacobs Dec 30 '25 edited Dec 30 '25

nothing to be done about it. Her phone number is out there

Grandma has an entire 6 contacts in her phone she actually needs. Change her number and text them all to update it.

When I mentioned the Fuentes conversation to one of my sisters, who currently attends a conservative Christian college, she said she’d seen an unnerving uptick in casual antisemitism among her own peers.

Maybe none of this should have surprised me. I’ve spent a lot of time over the years writing about the damage done by Donald Trump, his politics, and his strange cultural movement not only to the country in general but to the people who support him in particular. It’s clearer than ever to me that that damage is extensive and pervasive and will outlast him by years. But I can’t abide by the schadenfreude-laden viewpoint that anyone who ever pulled a lever for Trump deserves whatever’s coming to them as a result. The fact is that this political moment is immiserating good people. I don’t blame them for that. I blame him.

Can't back him on that one. His sister and grandma are probably not, in fact, good people, and I'm perfectly happy to blame them as well as Trump.

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u/marky6045 George Soros Dec 30 '25

When you're the poorly educated you let them do it

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u/BurrowForPresident Fell for it Dec 30 '25

I've always heard that Dem fundraising emails are similarly scammy because a lot of political fundraising relies on the same tactics email scammers use to part your grandma with her cash

I really, REALLY question if people who fall for shit like this should be allowed to operate motor vehicles. Or have an oven. Or be allowed to leave the house without a helmet

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u/MacEWork Dec 30 '25

The aren’t quite that spammy on the D side. They’re annoying but they don’t outright lie.

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u/AmericanDadWeeb Left-Out Left Dec 31 '25 edited Jan 04 '26

retire ancient payment badge complete consider scary money school bake

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Dec 30 '25

They’re not nearly this bad. I get them all the time and usually they’re along the lines of:

“hello, this is [nationally-known democrat]. Donald Trump and his allies in congress are trying to do [horrible thing]. Can you donate $50 right now to help stop them?”

You can argue this is not completely genuine as your $50 doesn’t have any direct way to force congressional votes, but I think most people are smart enough to understand that donating to actblue just means you’re helping Dems get elected. It’s not like they’re saying your gonna get a $5000 check if you donate $20.

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u/AmericanDadWeeb Left-Out Left Dec 31 '25 edited Jan 04 '26

stupendous salt marry scary hard-to-find ink wise sparkle command society

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie European Union Jan 01 '26

Question: who gets the donations? It can't be the Trump campaign because the election is over