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Just judging off online voices, people are incredibly pissed. While the majority haven’t named or realized capitalism is the issue at hand (most are blaming Republican, calls for voting them out, etc.), there are still threads of radicalization going through commentary. Some are pointing out the issues aren’t based on political party affiliations but the system is the issue.
Sounds good, but do you think this may be because you tend to hang out with left-leaning people or do you think even the cracker types are realizing it too?
It’s everyone, honestly. The Houston sub can be pretty reactionary, and the Texas one even worse, yet there’s some hope I’ve seem in there. Reddit is ofc very white and “middle-class” so we won’t know much until we can get out to the masses, but I’m not totally deflated while reading shit online so that’s honestly and unfortunately progress in that circle
What about the people there? The general mood in the state?
Just judging off online voices, people are incredibly pissed. While the majority haven’t named or realized capitalism is the issue at hand (most are blaming Republican, calls for voting them out, etc.), there are still threads of radicalization going through commentary. Some are pointing out the issues aren’t based on political party affiliations but the system is the issue.
Sounds good, but do you think this may be because you tend to hang out with left-leaning people or do you think even the cracker types are realizing it too?
It’s everyone, honestly. The Houston sub can be pretty reactionary, and the Texas one even worse, yet there’s some hope I’ve seem in there. Reddit is ofc very white and “middle-class” so we won’t know much until we can get out to the masses, but I’m not totally deflated while reading shit online so that’s honestly and unfortunately progress in that circle