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Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing.

Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he's done with the president.

"Something has to change politically in this country," said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist. "Seems like it just kept getting worse and worse and worse."

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[-] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days ago
[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

But... at a certain point, lack of a decent education, critical thinking or intelligence becomes the driving cause. And that isn't their fault. So it is hard to say someone like the guy in the story truely deserved this. He deserved better. He deserved to be protected by those who had the mental capacity and education to see the reality of trump. Those who saw it, and supported it anyway are the ones who deserve to pay the price.

[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I concede that there is a line where it's not totally your fault, but I think there's still some blame.

Overall, it's expensive to be poor, not everyone has time to be educated, and sometimes you don't know what you don't know. Our systems are set up to fail you in a lot of ways, and education is another battleground.

I don't think that absolves you when there are constant headlines talking about the blatant racism, homophobia, crass hatred, the last time they were in office, the economic plans. Hell the more I think about it, the more in your face it all is.

It's not all the blame, it's definitely more than none.

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 136 points 3 days ago

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he's done with the president.

Look, I was all in for ruining other people's lives, but now that I lost my job, I'm out

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[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

And Trump will tell people at the rally to stop complaining because affordability is a hoax by the democrats and it would have been so much worse if Biden was president. And far too many people will leave the rally believing it.

[-] Jayhosh@futurology.today 14 points 2 days ago

Family member of mine said it's because the the Democrats have the Senate and Representatives...... He was/is brain washed and didn't realize who is holding power right now

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

I have to make sure I heard that correctly. You're saying you have a family member that believes the House and Senate are currently controlled by democrats?

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[-] Wytch@lemmy.zip 61 points 3 days ago

"Something has to change politically in this country," said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist. "Seems like it just kept getting worse and worse and worse."

It's you. You have to change. You won't. You voted three times for the guy who has never taken responsibility for his own actions.

[-] silentaba@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago

Did you read the paragraph before that one? Because it sort of seems like you didn't.

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[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 84 points 3 days ago

He identifies a a centrist but voted Trump three times. Can someone help me with the math because something doesn't add up.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 56 points 3 days ago

Many people claiming to be "independents" or "centrists" are just lying. They are temporarily embarrassed conservatives, usually.

[-] A_norny_mousse@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

🤔 what happened to Enlightened Centrism / Both Sides btw?

There were whole subs that professed to be earnest about it, and others that ridiculed it.

But being openly nazi is perfectly fine nowadays, there's no reason to obfuscate one's true opinions anymore.

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[-] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 29 points 3 days ago

Never thought a leopard would eat his face.

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[-] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

If they vote Republican again they can make 5,000 dollars so i've been told by the orange paedophile.

Also they can sleep soundly knowing Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

[-] group_hug@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

If only there were some kind of deal with iran that prevented them from getting nuclear weapons.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Also they can sleep soundly knowing Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

Frankly, I wouldn't put it past him to fuck up that part too

[-] Rusticus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

What do you expect in this Epstein economy?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 90 points 3 days ago
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[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I didn't think voting for a corrupt industrialist who is markedly anti union would effect my labor job in manufacturing!!! who could have known?!

[-] spacegoat@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I’m straight up ready to abandon the American blue collared workers. They have been willingly duped for too long. Let them starve

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Keep munching on the shit sandwich from MAGA and guzzle down the Orange Kool-Aid. Zero sympathy, you voted for it.

[-] nullspace@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

They have my sympathy, but I'm also laughing at them for getting what they voted for.

[-] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 6 points 2 days ago

Something about leopards…

[-] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago

I'd be willing to bet 1200 of them still vote GOP in November.

[-] zd9@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

Truly none of this matters. They will still vote straight R down the ticket, to dismantle those unions that protect them. I despise what they've done to America, almost as much as the billionaires themselves.

[-] hamid@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 days ago

Quick, someone find me the worlds smallest violin

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago

ohions can afford a atomic violin.

[-] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 5 points 2 days ago
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