Kevin Putzier
Jul 8, 2021

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In principle, I agree with this.

However, what I've found in the wild (not just social media, I live in a red state) is that they don't really HAVE any definable concerns. The Trumpists, not all conservatives. They literally don't seem to have any agency as individuals, despite giving lip service to individuality.

Yes, they seriously believe what they're told to believe, but it's not based on really anything except xenophobia and a hatred of the word socialism. Not the actual concept, of which I've yet to get even a single one of them coherently explain, but the word itself.

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Kevin Putzier
Kevin Putzier

Written by Kevin Putzier

I am a practicalist, which means I take political and social ideas from all sides and try to find what works. Mostly Progressive.

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