An ounce of sympathy if it was 2016. But if you voting for Trump for the third time in the year 2024 of our lord and savior Jesus Christ, you knew eggsactly what you asking for and what you were gonna get.
Honestly it's easy to say that. Step back a little though. Look at where you are. Despite our differences I consider you to be a smart guy and relatively mature.
A smart relatively mature person who can do research and be big enough to admit when he makes a mistake.
Tell me how many people in America. Actually across the WORLD, meet that criteria?
So take the people who don't meet that criteria, then take the people who DO meet the criteria but have general biases, like racism, sexism, anger issues, control issues.
Put both of these groups in the social media incubator with an algorithm designed to feed on and amplify their biases. Social media as a bias confirmation amplifier.
Now add personal economic anxiety like
@iceberg_is_on_fire alluded to.
Still surprised people voted for Trump?
He resonates with human biases, even if they don't agree with everything he says.
Robert Mercer won the war.
At this stage I am not even mad anymore. We operated on traditional expectations and they did scientific research, and exploited it.