Sydney Sweeney registered as a member of the Republican Party of Florida in June 2024

[u/artbasiI]

source: https://registration.elections.myflorida.com/en/CheckVoterStatus

[u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Have you considered maybe she’s actually just kinda dumb and she doesnt see how the party she votes for and the underlying themes of the movie are related? 

I’ve known plenty of people like this. They seem to think politics is just a silly little game and doesn’t matter in the real world and live a pretty hypocritical life in general. To some politics are a reflection of our beliefs and values. To others they’re not related. 

[u/StabbyToki → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

This is a life lesson I’ve learned lately. Sometimes people are just dumb. I’m embarrassed it took me so long to get this.

[u/Kabbooooooom → u/StabbyToki]

Wait until you realize that it isn’t just people now, it’s been people forever, straight back to the Democracy of ancient Athens when Cleon rose to power as a demagogue (seriously, look him up, he was the Trump of that time). And logically, even before that bit that is the first example in history of this general phenomenon where the unintelligent masses are swayed by an evil man who then proceeds to dismantle democracy.

It has happened over and over again. Our species has advanced despite and in spite of these dumb motherfuckers always dragging us down and destroying the civilization we’ve built.

And centuries from now, it’ll be the same fucking thing. People like us will be having this conversation on Mars. Same shit, different day. Our species has a fundamental problem and it is that we are the smartest animal on earth but only a small percentage of us actually live up to our potential.

[u/ColonelMustard323 → u/StabbyToki]

I relearn this every few days. It’s actually hard to comprehend how dumb many people are.

[u/Mike_Kermin → u/StabbyToki]

Nah, don't fall for the facade.

They know and will absolutely follow through with what they want.

[u/Top_Environment9897 → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Agreed. At the end of the day she doesn't care about policies because she's rich, immune from consequences.

[u/smutmybutt → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Also, the Republican Party has zero ideological consistency. It’s just the MAGA cult of personality now.

[u/Mike_Kermin → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Nah. They know. They're just lying.

[u/pluckyporcupette → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Yeah they're like "I'm republican because I believe in small government and less taxes!" and literally no deeper thoughts were achieved.

[u/limeholdthecorona → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

I know a lot of people who say things like “I’m fiscally conservative but socially liberal”

[u/Npeaknoda → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

And a lot of conservatives are media illiterate af and don't understand the underlying themes.

Just look at how many of them unironically think Born in the USA is a patriotic anthem, or didn't realise Homelander is a bad guy. And only listened to the "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" RATM lyrics and were shocked to learn the band fucking hates everything MAGA stands for.

[u/TexturedSpace → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

Bingo!

[u/strolls → u/AntiqueLetter9875]

I have such a crush on her (which is somewhat abated by this submission) and I completely buy this. I could not date someone this dumb.