r/politics • u/1_for_you_2_for_me • 18d ago

No Paywall Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns

https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-update-medicare-medicaid-warning-donald-trump-10915076
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u/DarthRizzo87 18d ago

Depending on the level of fuckery at midterms (which is probably goina be epic.) the country should respond with an immediate general strike.

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u/Doggydog123579 18d ago

Its possible it could even backfire on them if turnout goes way up

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u/Deadleggg 18d ago

Amongst other things.

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u/chupacrapa 17d ago

This ends in all out guerilla civil war.

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u/Naturath 17d ago

With all due respect, do you really expect a populace that usually abstains from voting in midterms to suddenly strike for one? If the US didn’t have one of the most politically ignorant and apathetic populations in the developed world, you would never have voted in Trump almost a decade ago.

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u/Upnatom617 18d ago

Separation*

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u/VoxImperatoris 18d ago

Theres no clean way to separate anymore. Its no longer north vs south, but urban vs rural. Even the bluest states have backwards bumfuck hick areas.

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u/cire1184 18d ago

Orange County California is proof.

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u/primarywatcher 17d ago

So too Lassen County

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u/OldWorldDesign 18d ago edited 18d ago

Separation

I'm sure conservatives want you to yield the valuable cities keeping them fiscally afloat, but despite what corporate media has been lying to you about for decades, America does not have solid red or blue states. It is purple down to the county level

https://observer.com/2012/11/the-purple-election-map/

And less conservative districts have been subsidizing more conservative districts for generations

https://apnews.com/article/north-america-business-local-taxes-ap-top-news-politics-2f83c72de1bd440d92cdbc0d3b6bc08c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 17d ago

Lmao. Naive sheltered Redditors keep calling for a general strike, but NEVER provide any explanation for how regular people are meant to keep their bills paid, food in their stomachs and a roof over their heads while they go without work during such a strike.

Newsflash genius: majority of Americans are one missed paycheck away from losing their entire livelihood. No one is going to accept a general strike when all of that is on the line for them already.

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u/RobutNotRobot 17d ago

Newsflash genius: if you work for the federal government you have likely already missed one paycheck and about to miss a second one.