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[–] [email protected] 109 points 2 months ago (4 children)

At minimum 4% of USA citizens are complete monsters with hate in their hearts. It’s actually much higher, but for sure we say that 4% are awful people.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

33% of a country are always Authoritarians. Those are the people who vote to end democratic rule and install dictatorships.

https://theauthoritarians.org/

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[–] Feathercrown 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My current estimate is ~20-40%

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[–] then_three_more 12 points 2 months ago

4% is around the lizardman constant.

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[–] kescusay 50 points 2 months ago (4 children)

4%

That's... That's pretty low.

[–] fluxion 39 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There's some info stickers the Harris campaign sells if you want to help lower that for the people around you. Or at least increase the number of unfavorable view of it

https://store.kamalaharris.com/look-up-project-2025/

(Can also make your own stickers like that too)

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[–] disguy_ovahea 7 points 2 months ago

Those are probably just the people who would benefit from it.

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

57% is also way too low. That sjould be in the 80s

[–] kescusay 9 points 2 months ago

Agreed, but there are a lot of low-information voters out there who have probably never heard of it because they don't follow political news closely.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago

We should take that 4% and put them on a remote island. We don't need to bother shipping over food, I'm sure their God will provide it for them and they'll all get to live in a blissful paradise.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If Trump doesn't want to join the next debate it should be Kamala Harris arguing point to point against Project 2025 during the time slot. I would watch that.

[–] CharlesDarwin 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

She should also spend some time tying Project 2025 to dimbulb donnie, too. He keeps claiming he "doesn't know her" when it comes to Project 2025, but that's nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

A great opening segment talking about how it was made by trump staffers.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Project 2025 has a 57% unfavorable rating, but the party that endorses it does not.

Curious.

[–] samus12345 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Fans of the Leopards Eating Faces Party don't like it when it's their faces being threatened.

(They'll still vote for them, though.)

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[–] captainlezbian 27 points 2 months ago

Well yeah, they want to eliminate the fucking national weather service. Project 2025 is a plan to stop governing and begin ruling.

[–] MediaSensationalism 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The other 39% view it unfavorably but don't have the spine to speak out against their own party when they know the poll results will be publicized.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Or they view it favorably, but don't have the spine to say the quiet part out loud because people would correctly label them as fascist monsters.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (8 children)

who are the effing 4%? I could see maybe 1% but less than one percent of that group would gain from it.

[–] Catma 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The 4% are the ones who think it will help them until it is their turn to be the ones shit on.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365 9 points 2 months ago

Same as the other 39% who apparently have no opinion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] whotookkarl 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No link to the poll, data, or polling methodology anywhere in the article. Does Newsweek still hire journalists?

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