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this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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It isn't worth it. At least for me at this point. When you are dealing with the ineptitude of the simple-minded masses—which is either bandied at best or they are totally blinded by hatred from vacuuming up disinformation without an iota of effort to fact-check anything—the best hope is face-to-face discourse. But even then you are unlikely to change most peoples' minds that they have been deluded and taken for a ride—especially the older they are. Which is sad and frankly disturbing. One of the most disgusting things to me is a myopic person who is so intransigent, that they can't for a moment believe they might be mistaken about something.
From looking at the line I was in voting, it's no wonder this happened: these simple-minded geriatrics turned out in droves for their dictator.
GOP: Geriatrics for an Orwellian Power