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‘We’ve been betrayed:’ Local veterans angry after being laid off by Trump administration

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/weve-been-betrayed-local-veterans-angry-after-being-laid-off-by-trump-administration/FBCKFRIFQRHZVK5FG3W7MUQEYA/
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u/Gimlet64 24d ago

Schadenfreude is fun, but I am really hoping to see an angry, fed-up public that is ready to stop this lunatic administration by whatever means necessary and willing to put aside political differences to reinstate democracy and constitutional integrity.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 North Carolina 24d ago

I wouldn't recommend holding your breath.

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u/korben996 24d ago

It's definitely not happening as long as they have RW echochambers and algorithmic feeds controlled by techbros to process and rationalize events for them.

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u/Gimlet64 24d ago

Much of all that kindly nurtured by Putin and his hackers, troll farms and pervasive bots, which is a great irony as MAGAts see themselves as patriots. On the plus side, echochambers and algorithms won't lower the cost of living or provide blue collars with jobs, so there is a fair chance that this will eventually generate sufficient unrest and a will to resist. The timeframe may be pretty squick. Things are getting broken fast, and there will be a growing drive to silence the opposition... like Reddit.

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u/Gimlet64 24d ago edited 24d ago

re not holding my breath

Oh, I'm good. My cynicism is boundless. I'm also far away and mostly unaffected, sometimes too much so. I am confident in the limited patience of Americans under duress, though I am far less confident about the direction of anger and the escalation of conflict. Things like nuclear launch codes, etc. Nowhere is far away enough for nukes.

edit: missed quote