Monday, November 25, 2024

There will be no buyer's remorse

I do not know why but the algorithms that curate what I see on social media have been presenting alot of stories and videos claiming that once Donald Trump begins to do his thing alot of MAGA voters are going to regret voting for him.

That is just wishful thinking because the MAGA crowd have stuck with him for almost a decade. If they were going to feel any kind of buyer's remorse it would have happened during the fiasco that was his first term and he would have faded into history after 2020.

Of course that did not happen. Instead he won again, with the same number of votes he won in 2016 and 2020.

There is no reason to believe that his second term will be any less of a failure as his first one. There is no reason to believe that he will not do untold damage to the American economy and society if he manages to implement his promises. However, there is also no reason to believe that MAGA's love for him will diminish as a result of all of that.

Part of the reason for that is MAGA shows many of the same characteristics as a cult. I do sometimes wonder if Donald Trump were to tell is followers to drink the "kool aid" whether they actually would. Hell, he suggested injecting bleach to deal with COVID and I did not hear too many MAGA types say, "Whoa there Donald, that may not quite be right." 

The other part is no one likes to admit that they are wrong. No one likes to admit that they have been conned. No one likes to admit that their whole outlook on life may need to be reexamined. 

So in the end, virtually all MAGA voters will not suffer any kind of buyer's remorse. They will be as negatively impacted by his policies as those who did not vote for him but they will not blame him for that or think they made a mistake. They will find someone else to blame. Or more accurately, Donald Trump will find someone else to blame and they will follow his lead. 

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