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I thought you were the apple out of naive belief that people can reason with bigoted groups. But it seems like you are closer to being a member than an onlooker. That's really the point of the comic, isn't it? The apple is not participating in good faith.

Hmm. I see you read what you wanted to in my post. It's true that many Trumpians feel helpless and forgotten. It's true that the Democrats are mostly evil dogshit, largely upholding an economic system that makes people feel powerless and exploited. The middle class shrinks as the risk of getting taken out by medical debt, scams, disasters and predatory businesses with more legal rights than people. The Dems are owned by people who truly want none of that to get better or stop getting worse. If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans can bond over, it's hating the Democratic party.

The logic and actions of Trump's followers might be madness, but their emotions are fuelled by real problems they are right to be upset about. Even multimillionaires are vulnerable to economic ruin and destitution, creating a real fear that their lives are always in danger. Unless you have "fuck you" money, you'll never get enough to be safe. We're sliding deeper into the lawless state of nature, where it's everyone for themselves and your only right is to do whatever it takes to survive.

That's why they believe that migrants are coming to take everything away from them. Someone is coming to ruin them, but it's not the other. It's why white men so easily believe that women and minorities have it better than them. The only reason we're "stealing" rights from men is that capitalism makes human rights a resource of increasing scarcity. Fewer people get their human rights, but that supply could easily be infinite if neoliberal capitalism didn't only reward them based on wealth.

Believe that I'm a close minded idiot stuck in an echo chamber all you want, it won't change the fact that I'm addicted to understanding other points of view. I'm a sicko who faces bigotry head on and endures hatred that most are smart enough to avoid. Don't think for a second that I agree with yeeting apologists because I'm unwilling to challenge my beliefs. That's the funnest part for me. I only agree because it doesn't help anybody in most cases. The cost of tolerating intolerance is higher than the overall benefit in spaces like these.