#silentmajority — Public Fediverse posts

All y’all are fixated on the #weird ramblings of #DonaldTrump. And how the #ArrestedDevelopment chapters in #ChildPsychology textbooks will have to be rewritten to include the extreme case of #TrumpDerangementSyndrome. https://boingboing.net/2024/08/16/trump-derailed-by-cheerios-at-press-conference-im-going-to-take-some-of-them-back-to-my-cottage-and-have-a-lot-of-fun.html

But what if #Trump is actually in sync with a #SilentMajority of #Americans who play #CheeriosGames in their cottages? 😂

Thinking about the tiny crowd sizes at #Trump rallies, compared to the massive size of #Harris rallies, I don't think it's a good indicator of #VoterTurnout: it just means is that his cult of personality has shrunk to the point that fewer people are clamoring to see him. If we compare it with the #polls, it means most people who say they plan to #vote for him who are no longer engaged enough to see him.

This feels like a reflection of a bigger problem that we've had trying to get some democratic solution to #DonaldTrump: so many of his voters are completely unengaged with every part of the system. They are impossible to reach or argue with because they don't leave the house or ask questions, and when you do get to talk about politics with them, they're immersed in #misinformation and conspiracy theories, or have simply decided all #politicians are equally corrupt and don't see a point.

They're not just a #SilentMajority, they're what #SerjTankian called the "#UnthinkingMajority".