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You must recognize some irony in how disproportionately democratic party supporters are being punished by the current republican government, whereas before, the chance of you losing your job for supporting Trump was nearly zero (as it should be). Yet here is your government, explicitly seeking to weed out politically non-compliant people for 'efficiency'. Public service is supposed to be apolitical; this witch hunt is patently unconstitutional.

I don't understand how you can write that comment in good faith. It is demonstrably illogical.

The only Trump supporters I know of who lost their jobs due to politically motivated incidences were January sixers, to which... I'd say it's unsurprising to see people let go from their jobs for breaking into the capitol building.

Your talk about power structures is also ironic. Power structures are being built right now. Some are torn down, but don't be fooled; something is taking its place. You may not notice because you think it serves you, but consider for a moment at least that this could be exactly what the structure builders want.

It is not by chance that people getting money from the state are more left leaning

Why aren't the US Red States left leaning then, as the greatest benefactors of Federal support?

By definition red states are republican leaning. Easy question

The hard part explaining the contradiction with your earlier assertion that "people getting money from the state are more left leaning."

I was discussing my parent's comment which stated "your government, explicitly seeking to weed out politically non-compliant people"

Red States would starve to death without being fed by Blue States. They’d move to Blue States and be homeless and beg for scraps :)

Red states are the welfare queens of the US.

Red states and billionaires. It’s not surprising that they’re politically aligned, and the government is run by billionaires.

Can you clarify this assertion? If a lot of public servants are left leaning, make no mistake about them: they’re working for their incomes, regardless of political affiliation.

As other commenters have pointed out, a staggering amount of federal funds are paid to red states who are not working for these payments.

If this doesn’t debunk what you’re saying, then what exactly are you saying?

Elon Musk certainly gets an overwhelming enormous amount of money from the state, and he is certainly not left leaning.

I'd honestly love to know what from this particular interaction (Z & JD) makes him more appealing?

Ignoring any other reason or policy how did this interaction impact your thought process?

History shows that those who support monsters are indeed remembered and judged accordingly. The world will change in a few years.

> The worst that’ll happen is some downvotes

They're going to Liz Truss the budget. Economic chaos will be bad for everyone with a 401k. Probably that's the route to getting rid of them, just as people used the price of eggs against Biden.

Another fascist takes his mask off

I'm definitely glad that Trumpism has brought the dark underbelly of America so out in the open. At least I'll be able to avoid horrible people like you IRL.

Believe me, everyone around you knew your views already.

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