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This is me exactly and how so many of my Democratic friends feel. We are wealthy enough that we'll benefit from his tax policies. The other asinine policies he puts in place won't harm us. If drug prices raise, eh, no biggie. I can afford it.

But you know who can't? My Maga relatives in WV who are poor. My Maga relatives who had to crowd-source funds to buy insulin in the past. My Maga relatives, who have believed the lies of and voted for every Republican since they were old enough to vote, who relied on me to pay for them to attend family vacations. My Maga relatives who post publicly about kicking everyone off government assistance while privately asking me for money to cover their rent, utilities, buy their kid's gifts, etc.

I did a lot and gave a lot leading up to the election. I campaigned non-stop for Harris. And frankly, I just don't care now. I'm exhausted. Trying to get them to see the error of their ways and proof of Trump's lies is like screaming at a brick wall. It's totally useless. So, let it all burn down. I'll get richer. They'll get poorer. Maybe they'll learn. Let's hope they learn. If not, I'll still be wealthy enough to where nothing the orange bozo does will hurt me.

But the Bank of Me is closed. I'll still send gifts to their kids on their birthdays, but that's it. I'm not paying their rents and mortgages. I'm not flying everyone for spring break and summer vacation. I'm done.

This. We finally realize MAGA is a cult and no amount of reasoning is going to help. Their wake up is going to hurt.
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I agree with all of the above but I do worry that a lot of those voters are also prime targets for the redistributionist progressive extreme of the Democratic Party.   There were a lot of working class Bernie voters who then became Trump voters.   I worry that we will become South America---as soon as a charismatic  leftist populist comes along (thinking of Venezuela) who convinces all the now disaffected Trump voters that radical left policies will save them, the pendulum will swing in the opposite, but equally destructive, direction.  A robust middle class (which has been hollowed out in the US over the last 40 years) is essential to democratic stability.  [/quote]

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