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Some remain optimistic that Trump will find a way to improve their lives — that his immigration crackdown will create jobs and lower housing costs, his energy policies will lower gas prices and electric bills and his dismantling of the Department of Education will end the cycle of college debt.

Many young voters say they plan to express their dissatisfaction by sitting out the next election. While that sentiment is strongest among independents, apathy is more pronounced among Republicans than Democrats. Only half of young people who voted for Trump in 2024 said they definitely plan to vote in 2026, compared to 66 percent of Kamala Harris’ young voters.

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 40 points 1 month ago (6 children)

"His immigration crackdown will create jobs"???

How stupid are these people? Even if all the immigrants disappeared tomorrow, do they think that bottom level jobs are suddenly going to be paying a living wage?

Someone explain it to me, please.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago

"His immigration crackdown will create jobs"???

Any minute now

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Ok. Here’s it how it works. Let me break it down for you in this one part answer.

They aren’t intelligent.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“His immigration crackdown will create jobs”???

Yeah, it'll open up opportunities to pick lettuce in Salinas in 100-degree heat for sub-minimum wage.

How stupid are these people?

Imagine a bag of rusty hammers. Now imagine someone who's nowhere near that intelligent.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Someone here recently reminded me that a surprising amount of Americans are functionally illiterate. 21%!

I doubt that critical thinking skills are much better. And while I keep seeing lots of copium/hopium about how "the kids" (pick virtually any generation under boomers, I guess?) have it all figured out because, well, reasons, and that if boomers could just die off already everything will be magically better.

I see no reason to believe any of that, given how education systems have been under attack for decades, and I don't see an orchestrated, systemic effort to educate millions of children and adults about media literacy and critical thinking - now we have to add in things like narrow-casting, algorithms and filter bubbles. Without a concerted effort to counter it, I suspect entire generations have already been lost, and will probably do even worse than prior ones.

When people claim that somehow the younger generations are going to do better at literacy (including media) and critical thinking than every generation prior, while education has been steadily chipped away at for decades by the cons...well, the math ain't mathing, to put it rather bluntly. The cons have been working at exactly the opposite outcome.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, no. They all think they're going to be the ones pulling the triggers on the immigrants lined up in front of the mass graves.

They just know they can't really easily say it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Well, the thing about dismantling the Department of Education is somehow even stupider.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Finish high school, get a job, get married, have kids, go to church. Those are all in your control,” -Ben Shapiro

...all within the comfort of your parents home (if they even have one big enough for you, your wife, and your kids). Because that's all they can afford.

Also: WTF does going to church have to do with anything‽ That's not going to land you a good job (blessed are the poor)! There's no marketable skills to be learned from going to church either (unless you want to socialize with pedophiles and other sex offenders in order to better understand Trump's social circle; see: "pastor arrested").

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Church is and always has been an effective way for the capitalist class brainwash control groom an obedient working class. Look no further than the evangelical narrative Trump is a chosen one and a tool of god and Israel is sacred and must not be questioned because they are bringing the rapture and the return of Jesus. Christian nationalism is the drug of choice for a lot of people right now

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

that his immigration crackdown will create jobs

All those tp wankers need to do is wait the morning out in a Home depot parking lot!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They remain optimistic about that? Gosh, are they stupid.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Wait, I thought Republican and conservative apologists for "true" conservatism keep saying all this racist stuff is not "real" conservatism? What are "young conservatives" doing in this Nazi Youth group then?

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh no, don’t sit out the next election!

Anyway,

[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago

Conservatives didn’t….

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

With some luck, there won't be much to fret about because it'll be short.