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gfarber

(231 posts)
45. MAGA Fuel
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:53 PM
8 hrs ago


There once was a movement named “Great,”
That thrived less on plans than on hate.
Its cry wasn’t “build,”
But “they’ve robbed us and lied,”
And someone else caused your bad fate.

They gathered not aiming to grow,
But eager to torch what they know.
It isn’t a flaw—
The rage is the law,
The fuel that keeps MAGA aglow.

If someone else wins, they must lose—
That’s the lens through which they peruse.
Gay rights are an “attack,”
A Black president? “Whack!”
And immigrants clearly abuse.

No vision of shared prosperity,
Just fear dressed as moral sincerity.
In their zero-sum play,
If you rise, they must pay—
Equality feels like austerity.

They cling to a ladder so steep,
With straight, white, and Christian on keep.
When you’ve lived on top,
Letting others climb up
Feels like being shoved in too deep.

From Fox through the feeds every day,
The rage gets its hourly play.
Outrage earns clicks,
So they up the old tricks—
More fury, less truth on display.

Their brains get a hit from the fight,
Righteous anger feels chemically right.
Skip news for a week,
They grow restless and bleak—
Withdrawal by Tuesday at night.

Now pain underneath this is real:
Lost towns, lost jobs, wounded appeal.
But instead of the rich,
Or the systems that stitch,
They’re taught weaker targets to feel.

Trump didn’t invent all the spite,
He just flipped on the stadium light.
Said the quiet part loud,
Got applause from the crowd—
And cruelty turned into might.

“He fights!” doesn’t mean for their pay,
Just mean to folks they disdain.
Being mean is the draw,
That’s the core of the law—
The point isn’t winning, it’s pain.

And here’s what’s most hard to escape:
For many, it’s not just a take.
It’s their friends, church, kin,
Every place they’re let in—
The hate is the pass to the gate.

So why is MAGA so cruel?
It’s fear turned into a rule.
Add lies, add a tribe,
Give permission to bribe—
And hate becomes lifestyle and fuel.

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One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven Yesterday #1
Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog Yesterday #2
Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 9 hrs ago #40
Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 2 hrs ago #64
Exactly. progressoid Yesterday #3
But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn Yesterday #12
The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable Yesterday #25
Good point. pandr32 9 hrs ago #42
In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #50
maga hate anti-repub 9 hrs ago #35
maga hate anti-repub 9 hrs ago #36
And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 8 hrs ago #47
There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill 6 hrs ago #56
This part is important: progressoid Yesterday #4
There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend Yesterday #7
Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty Yesterday #5
The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 Yesterday #6
Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Yesterday #8
Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Yesterday #9
I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar Yesterday #10
It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil 22 hrs ago #30
This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Yesterday #11
There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe Yesterday #13
Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Yesterday #20
Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Yesterday #24
George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei 7 hrs ago #48
The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #51
Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh 6 hrs ago #54
I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill 6 hrs ago #55
The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #58
raised ... justsomeguy01 4 hrs ago #59
I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin Yesterday #14
The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #15
If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose Yesterday #16
Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 10 hrs ago #32
Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 9 hrs ago #38
Agreed. yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #53
Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Yesterday #17
A pretty good synopsis of what B.See Yesterday #18
Spot on. Permanut Yesterday #19
ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #21
I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter 4 hrs ago #60
The Religiously Insane are a part of it. They are not resentful as much as they are in the thrall of a religion that CTyankee Yesterday #22
MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal Yesterday #23
Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational Yesterday #26
excellent post proud patriot Yesterday #27
In a word: compensation RainCaster 23 hrs ago #28
Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins 23 hrs ago #29
The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 10 hrs ago #31
Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 10 hrs ago #33
This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 10 hrs ago #34
this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 9 hrs ago #37
Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 9 hrs ago #39
45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 9 hrs ago #41
Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 9 hrs ago #43
Exactly MW67 8 hrs ago #44
MAGA Fuel gfarber 8 hrs ago #45
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 8 hrs ago #46
Excellent summary Wild blueberry 7 hrs ago #49
Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #52
Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright 6 hrs ago #57
Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne 3 hrs ago #61
I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad 3 hrs ago #62
Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi 2 hrs ago #63
If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer 1 hr ago #65
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