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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by masklinn on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:48AM (#43310171)
> It's far more appealing to hear that your jobs were taken by cheap Chinese labor than to hear that your skills are out of date and you need training.

Sure, I'd rather just be given a million dollars and a unicorn as well.

> Inventing stories about how half the country just wants the other half to hurt

"He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting" is a literal quote from trump's first term.

> We have to get past that and actually look at what Trump voters truly believe, then speak to them as real people, not strawmen.

I guess you're right, as you say it's necessary to get past the idea that they're sapient beings.

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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by marcus0x62 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @11:57AM (#43310293)
Q.E.D
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Re:US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s by masklinn on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:16PM (#43311250)
What's QED exactly? The comment I'm replying to is saying that

> It doesn't actually matter in this case who is right

because the only thing that's important is whose claim is attractive to the population being pandered to, and that

> I'll bring the jobs back home

is amazing despite being completely nonsensical.

And the're probably right, mind. A lot of the responses seem to agree, just couching it in nicer terms (if barely). I guess putting it in plain terms is not acceptable. As is usually the case.

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