r/FriendsofthePod:

u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Who? Which Republican member of Congress has done anything than bow to Trump and Elon and cheer them on?
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

What incentive to republicans have to compromise? They are currently dismantling the government and dont want it functioning. So their response to a threat of a government shutdown would be dont threaten us with a good time.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

Hed be able to legally do it during a shutdown as well.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

100% agree. Hes not my cup of tea, but if hes getting through to people than more power to him
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

People still overlook how men in particular have been turned right through online spaces.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

What kind of pushback are you suggesting from left/progressives? Like a BLM type protest?
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

I also want to point out the mocking from Crooked podcasts and others about the resistance as cringe. And on the right protesters are memed and liburl tears! Lulz I think people genuinely dont know how to best push back against whats happening and lacking direction.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

I would say it exploded the spread of disinformation. During that time I had a friend go from antivax to 5G conspiracy theories. It was wild to see her go down that rabbit hole. It also brought about the politicization of public health which has had disastrous effects (see the current Measles outbreak). It amplified individualism in this country even more. My freedom is far greater than caring about my elderly or immunocompromised neighbors or my own childs well being. And being asked to wear a mask in public is the height of government oppression!
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

You were able to make that argument in 2016 that countries would wait four years. This time we showed them this is who we are. Now the bridges are burned and our allies are looking elsewhere. Listen to the comments of the PMs of France and Canada and UK, the German Chancellor and leaders of the EU. They are over us and our instability and moving on.
u/Ok_Bodybuilder800

But you cant be a democrat without being hypercritical of your own party.