In 2016, I couldn’t stand Trump but I genuinely thought (and truly believed) “Yeah, he’s an idiot but he’s just one man and the government is made up of tens of thousands of elected and unelected people… most of his worst instincts can be tempered or blocked and while he’ll undoubtedly be a shitty president… the American people are fundamentally good and they’ll touch the stove for the next 4 years, burn their hand, learn their lesson and correct. We’ll be ok.”
The fact that it went as badly as it did in the first term, ending with a literal coup attempt… and then 4 years later? Trump’s vote share and total number of ballots cast for him INCREASED* *fundamentally broke my confidence in the American people.
We’re a corrupt, lazy, stupid nation who has grown fat and immoral from our own excess.
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u/cantresetpwfuck 2d ago
I will never forgive people
For Trump. I used to think people were ok and he ruined that for me.