While I completely agree this is true, it is SOOOOOOO disheartening and reveals the path this Country will continue to follow due to this Administration

Hmmm one Correction Occupation Not Administration Censoship By State

Jenga is a good analogy. A house of wet playing cards is another.

Trump letting the reality of his failures through would cause his entire sense of self worth crash to the ground. Not just a narcissistic injury, but narcissistic devastation. So, he spends his life in denial, trying to keep reality from hitting him.

The key word here being "pile." The tower collapsed years ago. Whenever one piece goes missing, a dump truck backs up and drops thousands more pieces onto the jumble. Birds and raccoons have built nests in it. But the believers see a gleaming, precious tower that reached to the heavens.

Also, it's hard to admit you were wrong after you've lost jobs, friends, family, relationships over the maga obsession. If they leave Maga, they have no one. Plus, many are narcissists and can't admit they're wrong anyway.

"GOP" does not appear on ballots. It also refers to a party which no longer exists. Try to use "Republican", because using that causes all the blame to attach to the party name which DOES appear on ballots.

A single crack in the veneer shatters the whole thing. We must break their delusions.

And saving the republic doesn’t require all of them

But it would be nice if we all shared the same basic facts to operate from.

Oh 100%, but that ship has sailed. It's well past the horizon now.

Wouldn't it! When someone's argument starts with, we'll Obama was running the white house under Biden... Where do you go from such nonsense?

Or “human related co2 causes the planet to heat up” or “the planet is 6,000 years old”…. Having consensus on what is a fact is critical.

Yep 100% it's impossible to argue with completely fabricated realities. How do you even do that? Insanity.

You won’t shatter the illusion by exposing what they are. Stop operating as if that’s possible. You have to show you can build something meaningfully better for their lives. Right now, there is no movement to do that.

You can mock them. It’s okay to do that. These people are dangerous and stupid.

I didn’t say anything about not mocking them. They’re idiotic and hateful. But they live in areas where their fewer numbers have a larger voice than yours, with a base expanding quicker than Dems. You can’t prove them wrong. But when we have power, we have to build better. Make meaningful change

I’m well aware of them having a larger voice than mine. I’m an EV driving solar installer in rural Missouri where 82% of my neighbors voted for that piece of shit. I’m also the ONLY middle aged white guy calling him out on social media in my community. The only one.

its a purpose for the GOP, not a delusion

Cults are weird.

It would mean admitting they were wrong. Let them go down with the ship!!!

I am not trying to reach hardcore MAGA. I am trying to reach people like my brother who barely pay attention. He won’t vote Democrat but he will abandon Republicans.

For real. My mother can't even admit she was wrong. Wants me to forgive and forget but can't even begin to take responsibility. I feel like it's a pattern for them, if they exit the ramp then the whole thing breaks apart.

Humans prefer to redefine reality to fit our beliefs so we don’t have to change our beliefs to match reality.

Amazing. Even as it is already crashing down on them (and us).

Wait until their checks don't arrive....