Summary
After Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, many politically engaged Black women are reassessing their role as key organizers in U.S. democracy.
Despite 92% supporting Kamala Harris, Black women expressed disillusionment over their contributions being met with indifference.
Historically at the forefront of social change, some are now prioritizing rest and mental health, shifting away from the “backbone” role in movements.
While some fear this withdrawal could leave gaps in advocacy, others argue it’s time for other groups to step up, as Black women grapple with the nation’s lack of solidarity with their concerns.
Many people that voted for Trump did so because Fox news said to, or Newsmax, or their family, or Joe Rogan, or Elon Musk, etc. The right has a vast disinformation network that hand waves or disputes all of those facts. It’s all bullshit of course and anyone who digs into it at all would realize that. Nobody has managed to put a dent in that disinformation silo. People who were super into conspiracy theories ignored all of the actual shenanigans and chose to believe stupid shit that fit their bias.
At this point their entire identity is built around a pack of lies. The cognitive dissonance is layered on so thick they have a sound bite dead end for any question. If they chose to believe the truth it would mean that they’re the worst kind of idiot and have actively been a puppet and a piece of shit for at least 8 years. They can’t admit that kind of failure. The moral injury is too great.
So what would have to happen is some sort of scandal that exposed all of their media silos and revealed something unbearable by their dear leader. That would give them the escape hatch to admit being fooled, but fooled by a masterful conspiracy that nobody could have seen through. That sort of event is such a high bar I don’t know what would do it.
A lot of his supporters won’t survive him breaking both social security, Medicare, and most other federal institutions. They’ll have a maga flag at the funeral too.
Maybe his inevitable demise will happen sooner than later. You’d think they planned for that, but they’ve been pants on head stupid at everything else and blundered into success for so long I doubt it.