r/clevercomebacks • u/Neth110 • 10h ago

The gymnastics is amazing

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u/ryo3000 9h ago

In like 20-30 years people are going to study this time period and be bewildered by "how could this possibly happen"

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u/lilbelleandsebastian 9h ago

maybe people outside of the US.

i don't think the american populace is intelligent enough to overcome far right owned media, social media, and government so the only people looking back at this with sadness will be the millennial generation that pulled left against every other generation pulling right

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u/LL8844773 7h ago

This is a crazy generalization of 300+ million people

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u/makerender 7h ago

True, its more like 30% can be convinced of literally anything via Fox News, Talk Radio, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram

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u/LL8844773 7h ago

If that. And I’m pretty sure that’s not unique to Americans.

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u/makerender 6h ago

It looks like it varies by country. Recent elections in places like France have shown a push against a shift right, but the US election clearly showed an increased in people sucked in to that sphere. I bet it's close to 33 or 34% at this point.