The honeymoon is already starting to crumble. You can smell it in the airβthat acrid blend of disappointment and dawning realization wafting through MAGA country. As Donald McStinkface and Elon PunyPhallus take a sledgehammer to the federal government with one hand while picking the pockets of everyday Americans with the other, a slow, painful awakening is inevitable. Even the most devoted cultist can't eat blind loyalty or pay rent with MAGA hats.
"When economic anxiety is high and institutional constraints are weak, politicians can exploit cultural fears and insecurities to win support for policies that ultimately undermine the economic interests of their own supporters."
I've spent months watching this clusterfuck unfold, and I'm telling youβwe're witnessing the early stages of what will become a mass exodus from the MAGA movement. Not tomorrow, not next week, but gradually and then suddenly, as economic reality sinks its teeth into the ass of blind devotion. The same people who storβ¦
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