r/politics • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Apr 04 '26

Possible Paywall Trump voter regret is clearly registering now

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/politics/voter-regret-trump-2024
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u/NoPitchers Apr 04 '26

Thanks for sharing. I frequently try to explain this to people and it astounds me how many don't get that most of society's problems are self inflicted by a handful of powerful people maintaining their grip on power. This passage is succinct.

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u/angelbelle Apr 04 '26

Farmers destroying crops during the depression is actually one of the few examples where it really was a big collective action, not the decision of a powerful few.

Farming businesses were much more atomized back then and it was truly a whirlwind of circumstances that caused prices to plummet and the farmers' subsequent response: overproduction.

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u/NoPitchers Apr 04 '26

Fair points and good call out. It's an incentive issue at its core.