Is anyone else meaningfully less happy living here since Trump 2.0 started?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

This is part of the reason why we are where we are as a nation and as a society. Unless it affects people directly, people just don’t care. We’ve lost our empathy. Our humanity. Our collective responsibility to help be the voice of the voiceless.

It’s disgusting and very, very sad.

No, you've overdosed on empathy and collectivism. That's what's disgusting.

I sincerely hope you’re not Christian. Jesus would have some thoughts about your prospects for eternal life with that attitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obamas age group didn't have a draft or any reason to serve

Wait, no one went into the military in Obama’s age group? No reason to serve?

I wish they would amend the Constitution to require a president have military experience.

If the Founders wanted that, they could have easily done it considering they hand-picked their former general to be the first president, and elected a political philosopher/lawyer to be the second.

I wish they’d amend the Constitution to require a president to not be a felonious POS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Clearly you are not a fed. Or a person with a brain or heart.

DP. You realize that people are laid off ALL THE TIME in private industry, right? They don't expect to be exempt from lay offs for the rest of their lives.

It isn’t the layoffs. It’s the arbitrary, capricious, cruel and pointless layoffs coupled with the destruction of the economy making it harder to find another job.

Why is it harder to find other jobs? Because of mass layoffs in private industry. See how it all goes together?

and why are their layoffs in private industry? tariffs are a factor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

This is part of the reason why we are where we are as a nation and as a society. Unless it affects people directly, people just don’t care. We’ve lost our empathy. Our humanity. Our collective responsibility to help be the voice of the voiceless.

It’s disgusting and very, very sad.

No, you've overdosed on empathy and collectivism. That's what's disgusting.

I sincerely hope you’re not Christian. Jesus would have some thoughts about your prospects for eternal life with that attitude.

Right? I can't imagine that any of my Sunday School teachers in our mainstream Methodist church thought a Christian could ever OD on empathy and community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

It shouldn't be an either/or. We wouldn't be here today if Democrats hadn't completely lost the plot on so many issues - from illegal migration to race-based hiring to refusing to put violent men in prison to prioritizing trans people over women to completely ignoring the effects of inflation on the middle class to chaotic public schools and on and on.

Right now, we are ping-ponging from one extreme to another. If Democrats could get it together and be the party of the middle class, they'd win forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

It shouldn't be an either/or. We wouldn't be here today if Democrats hadn't completely lost the plot on so many issues - from illegal migration to race-based hiring to refusing to put violent men in prison to prioritizing trans people over women to completely ignoring the effects of inflation on the middle class to chaotic public schools and on and on.

Right now, we are ping-ponging from one extreme to another. If Democrats could get it together and be the party of the middle class, they'd win forever.

You’d think, but where we’ve failed repeatedly in recent years is underestimating just how many people actually LIKE Trump’s inhumanity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

This is part of the reason why we are where we are as a nation and as a society. Unless it affects people directly, people just don’t care. We’ve lost our empathy. Our humanity. Our collective responsibility to help be the voice of the voiceless.

It’s disgusting and very, very sad.

No, you've overdosed on empathy and collectivism. That's what's disgusting.

I sincerely hope you’re not Christian. Jesus would have some thoughts about your prospects for eternal life with that attitude.

Right? I can't imagine that any of my Sunday School teachers in our mainstream Methodist church thought a Christian could ever OD on empathy and community.

You know someone is an utter POS when they try to demonize empathy and compassion.

The entire Trump administration is full of psychopaths and narcissists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obamas age group didn't have a draft or any reason to serve

Wait, no one went into the military in Obama’s age group? No reason to serve?

I wish they would amend the Constitution to require a president have military experience.

If the Founders wanted that, they could have easily done it considering they hand-picked their former general to be the first president, and elected a political philosopher/lawyer to be the second.

I wish they’d amend the Constitution to require a president to not be a felonious POS.

There's a historian I follow on IG who talks about the founders putting Trump into action. He is big on the anti-federalists who warned Trump would happen. It's really made me consider how we revere the founders, but it wasn't ever perfect. They were greedy white men who didn't give women or non-whites any rights, despite them living among them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Clearly you are not a fed. Or a person with a brain or heart.

DP. You realize that people are laid off ALL THE TIME in private industry, right? They don't expect to be exempt from lay offs for the rest of their lives.

It isn’t the layoffs. It’s the arbitrary, capricious, cruel and pointless layoffs coupled with the destruction of the economy making it harder to find another job.

Why is it harder to find other jobs? Because of mass layoffs in private industry. See how it all goes together?

and why are their layoffs in private industry? tariffs are a factor.

While that may be true too, why did they start in 2024?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

This is part of the reason why we are where we are as a nation and as a society. Unless it affects people directly, people just don’t care. We’ve lost our empathy. Our humanity. Our collective responsibility to help be the voice of the voiceless.

It’s disgusting and very, very sad.

No, you've overdosed on empathy and collectivism. That's what's disgusting.

I sincerely hope you’re not Christian. Jesus would have some thoughts about your prospects for eternal life with that attitude.

Right? I can't imagine that any of my Sunday School teachers in our mainstream Methodist church thought a Christian could ever OD on empathy and community.

Those teachers would leave the money counters in the temple, because the sellers need to feed their families too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

It shouldn't be an either/or. We wouldn't be here today if Democrats hadn't completely lost the plot on so many issues - from illegal migration to race-based hiring to refusing to put violent men in prison to prioritizing trans people over women to completely ignoring the effects of inflation on the middle class to chaotic public schools and on and on.

Right now, we are ping-ponging from one extreme to another. If Democrats could get it together and be the party of the middle class, they'd win forever.

You’d think, but where we’ve failed repeatedly in recent years is underestimating just how many people actually LIKE Trump’s inhumanity.

At present, Trump's approval rating is in the 30s. That will continue to decline with each month throughout this presidency. Roughly 70-80 percent of the electorate is totally getable for Democrats given how vile and awful Republicans are. But that requires Democrats to be sane and have some common sense.

In recent years, social progressives have made a point of antagonizing everyone. And that's a problem. The DEI and restorative justice nonsense and any man can be a women and 11 million people walking across the border are positions that almost no one approves of. Democrats are not winning elections with this. People are scared of Democrats. And that's how we get people like Trump. Democrats need to get it together and just focus on the middle class - and not get lost in the social issues that progressives are always harping about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

It shouldn't be an either/or. We wouldn't be here today if Democrats hadn't completely lost the plot on so many issues - from illegal migration to race-based hiring to refusing to put violent men in prison to prioritizing trans people over women to completely ignoring the effects of inflation on the middle class to chaotic public schools and on and on.

Right now, we are ping-ponging from one extreme to another. If Democrats could get it together and be the party of the middle class, they'd win forever.

You’d think, but where we’ve failed repeatedly in recent years is underestimating just how many people actually LIKE Trump’s inhumanity.

At present, Trump's approval rating is in the 30s. That will continue to decline with each month throughout this presidency. Roughly 70-80 percent of the electorate is totally getable for Democrats given how vile and awful Republicans are. But that requires Democrats to be sane and have some common sense.

In recent years, social progressives have made a point of antagonizing everyone. And that's a problem. The DEI and restorative justice nonsense and any man can be a women and 11 million people walking across the border are positions that almost no one approves of. Democrats are not winning elections with this. People are scared of Democrats. And that's how we get people like Trump. Democrats need to get it together and just focus on the middle class - and not get lost in the social issues that progressives are always harping about.

I see you’ve bought into the (right wing) narrative that Democrats are all extreme. You might want to check yourself there. Just because the right wing controlled media says something, it doesn’t make it true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

That's what you "feel?"

I didn't. For all practical purposes, four years of Biden were, to most people, very much like the 4 years of Trump before him were.

I feel like either you are a dishonest shill pitching a ridiculously distorted and hyperbolic narrative and that you should be embarrassed and ashamed for how bad it is. Either that or the scarier option is that you genuinely feel this way because you apparently spent 4 years locked in your mom's basement and were fed a diet of nothing but OAN, Newsmax, and right wing talk radio and that you need to get out into the real world to see it's nowhere near as over-the-top as you portray it to be.

Life ain't so bad as you claim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm happier. I feel like the Biden years were a blur of pronouns, drag queens, attacks on law enforcement, and illegal immigrants amassing at the border. Things aren't perfect now but the Biden years were alien, surreal.

You must love this 1930s German state much better. ICE waiting outside of naturalization hearings, people ripped from their beds being sent to third world prisons, overhauling a century of judicial precedent…

It shouldn't be an either/or. We wouldn't be here today if Democrats hadn't completely lost the plot on so many issues - from illegal migration to race-based hiring to refusing to put violent men in prison to prioritizing trans people over women to completely ignoring the effects of inflation on the middle class to chaotic public schools and on and on.

Right now, we are ping-ponging from one extreme to another. If Democrats could get it together and be the party of the middle class, they'd win forever.

You’d think, but where we’ve failed repeatedly in recent years is underestimating just how many people actually LIKE Trump’s inhumanity.

At present, Trump's approval rating is in the 30s. That will continue to decline with each month throughout this presidency. Roughly 70-80 percent of the electorate is totally getable for Democrats given how vile and awful Republicans are. But that requires Democrats to be sane and have some common sense.

In recent years, social progressives have made a point of antagonizing everyone. And that's a problem. The DEI and restorative justice nonsense and any man can be a women and 11 million people walking across the border are positions that almost no one approves of. Democrats are not winning elections with this. People are scared of Democrats. And that's how we get people like Trump. Democrats need to get it together and just focus on the middle class - and not get lost in the social issues that progressives are always harping about.

Trump's poor ratings are because HE antagonized everyone. Trump got rid of DEI and closed the border and yet you're still for some weird reason blaming his plummeting ratings on stuff he supposedly solved. GTFO.