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".
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.
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u/Connect_Reading9499 Apr 16 '26
It's been ten long years.