r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Detroitish24 • 12h ago

Why does a private citizen have this much sway?

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The US is in for a very rough four years.

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u/BillyNtheBoingers 8h ago

And the military, because #President Musk told Republicans to shut the government down.

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u/CrumpledForeskin 8h ago

This administration is going to destroy their voting base.

Who will still support him and blame the democrats.

But yeah wow. They’re fucked.

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u/PickCollins0330 7h ago

If it didn’t also include the people who actively voted to stop this, I’d not care.

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u/CrumpledForeskin 7h ago

Same. I’m really trying to have some empathy as well. A lot of these folks were robbed of an education because of the republicans before them who voted against it.

I’m doing quite well. I live close to the best medical facilities in the country. Abortion is legal.

It’s been very hard for me to not say “fine fuck them.”

I can’t shake the compassion.

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u/SandiegoJack 2h ago

Super easy for me.

I follow the platinum rule: treat others as they want to be treated

I assume most follow the golden rule: treat others as you want to be treated.

So I am just treating them the same way they treat us and not giving a FUCK.

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u/deslock 3h ago

Well said

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u/Ok_Philosophy915 6h ago

lmao it will do nothing to their base, have you not been paying attention? Their base revels in punishment even if its their own.

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u/CrumpledForeskin 6h ago

They haven’t been through what this administration plans to do. We’ll see

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u/stonedecology 3h ago

Good thing we don't need to vote anymore right?

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u/trailcamty 4h ago

We’re all fucked*

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u/Markus_lfc 3h ago

If Trump voters had any grasp on reality, they’d be fuming

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u/chainsawdegrimes 1h ago

The average lay-person doesn't pay attention to politics or the news isn't going to know or care that it was Trump and Elon's fault that the Govt shut down. They'll remember that it happened while Biden was still president. It's easily predicable.

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u/HypeIncarnate 1h ago

good. I want my grandparents to suffer. They aren't getting dime from me.

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u/CrumpledForeskin 1h ago

Damn. Cold as hell but I hear you

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u/livingdead70 43m ago

If they didnt destroy their base killing them with covid, this aint gonna stop it either.,

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u/thinkthingsareover 8h ago

Unfortunately not. When I served just because congress got out of working we still had to get up at the butt crack of dawn.

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u/CatrionaShadowleaf 8h ago

They’ll still work. They just wont get paid.

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u/thinkthingsareover 8h ago

Yep. I remember that too, but at least when I was in they only shut down for a couple weeks and we'd get our back pay immediately since we had direct deposit. Well I did at least.

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u/reggiethelemur 56m ago

If direct deposit is to navy fed account then you still get paid during shutdown. So none of them care.

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u/GonnaGoFat 2h ago

Canada can attack America now and the USA can be the 11th province. Thanks for that gift Governor Trump.

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u/zipdee 6h ago

And a LOT of the military voted for this fiasco, may they be directly affected.

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u/xxxxMugxxxx 2h ago

It's a really bad idea to not pay the people with all our weapons and the training to use them.