Summary
Anti-Trump Americans, especially on the left, are showing a more subdued response to Trump’s 2024 reelection compared to the activism of 2016.
Exhaustion, disillusionment with repeated setbacks, and negative media coverage have led many to disengage from politics or shift focus to personal priorities.
Activist groups, like Women’s March, are planning protests but acknowledge lower enthusiasm and more localized efforts.
Experts suggest this “tune-out” may be a coping mechanism, with some hoping new, non-political participants will lead change.
Many feel drained but believe activism will eventually regain momentum.
I think we are just at the “fine, let them stick the fork in the outlet” stage, and if that leads to 50 years of hard times and being on the evil side of the next great war…oh fuckin well…we told you so.
Yep, that’s pretty much it. I look at the results of the election and wonder why we bothered to fight so hard to save America from it’s own worst impulses. There’s never a shortage of people willing to vote against their own self-interest. The second coming of Trump could, and should, be a new era of social Darwinism that cleans up the clueless electorate with some hard fucking times. People who are withdrawing from politics right now and “tuning out” are just focusing on not being a casualty, and I can’t blame them. At some point, you have to let the drowning person go or they’ll drag you down with them.
I’m totally prepared for whatever the next 4 years have in store for me. If Trump blows up the economy, I’ll survive. Best of luck to everybody else.
Yup. Pretty much feel the same way.
Americans want to suffer. Now they’re going to suffer. I’m going to let them. I’ll survive. I have a stable job and live in a state that protects my rights. I’m totally fine watching the people who voted to suffer do so. They’ll either learn from the hard experiences or not. I’ll find joy in watching them do either. I could care less now.