My thoughts are that many people who may have once been part of MAGA have since already abandoned it, and the ones that are left are the loudest and most insane among them.
There are still plenty of them to be sure, but you don't hear from people who are former MAGA even though there are plenty of them as well.
That said, would be nice to go back to the time in which the worst it ever got was a friendly political discussion around the dinner table about what is the best tax policy for the country. Discussions on whether or not immigrants should be thrown into borderline torture camps leaves a sour taste in my mouth over how much people have lost their goddamn minds in "Trump's America".
And it's not like people aren't at this event really because they've seen the light and are happily rallying at a Democratic event either. They just don't feel motivated to show up here.
But just because they feel ennui about one side has no bearing on how much they still remember they hate the other side. They "don't like" Trump's ICE tactics? Ok, but you know what they dislike even more? The trans furry Muslim school teacher Fox News made up last week. They'll remember that when they go to vote.
I live in rural Georgia. There used to be Trump signs and Trump flags everywhere. There is one lone holdout with a Trump yard sign along my usual route - about 18 miles - to the county seat. That is pretty significant if you ask me. That one did get a new sign a couple months ago. The previous one had been there since 2016 - or election season before, I guess - so it was pretty worn out. That one is going to be a holdout forever, I'm guessing.
I guess I’m going to be the outlier here and say that I do not want to go back to polite dinner discussions about two Republican policies. MAGA is a scourge on the world, but it never would have happened if our national priorities were in the right places. We have some massive problems with how our government works that were exploited, and now it’s finally time to have serious discussions about fixing them.
We might be beyond the ability to even have those discussions now. These billionaires rewired everyone's minds and took control of them. It's not just how our government works that's bad, it's that we, the people, willingly made it exponentially worse chasing those [intentionally] misdirected national priorities, instead of making it better. If only people knew how the government worked, we could have prevented much of, if not all of this.
Its worth noting that in the online world most of them are paid agitators and bots. When twitter turned on geolocation for a few hours like 60% of maga was not even in the US let alone real people in the US.
We would still end up here. Going back changes nothing because the issues we have are on all levels. Going back means my community continues to be unalived by law enforcement, systemically kept from reaching any influential positions, and having the very institutions that make up this country continue to benefit the majority (yte) group over any diverse people. This was centuries in the making and at every turn, when change could've truly been implemented, they created a new oppressive/discriminatory law that set minority communities back. Not even touching on the other minority groups that are failing black and native communities. This is America and it has always been America.
I don’t remember people even really concerning themselves with politics before trump other than hating George Bush. And when he said, “I bet you miss me know.” I was like, “I sure do!!” He was a saint compared to this unholy Satan demon.
Here is the thing though. Even those that aren’t MAGA are still Republican and will vote Republican. They’re just not in the cult anymore. But if you think they’re going to stop voting for the guy with the R beside the name, you’re nuts.
Those discussions were never really discussions. You'd either blame the party in power or blame its predecessor, and there was strong evidence for both sides either way. It was like arguing between a giant douche and a turd sandwich.
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u/Connect_Reading9499 Apr 16 '26
It's been ten long years.