You’ve had the hat for 10 years. You’ve had the presidency for nearly 5 of the last 10. So… why isn’t America great yet?
You keep chanting “Make America Great Again.” But let’s audit what you’ve actually done with that time, money, and energy.
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THE TIME DRAIN: A NATION OF WASTED HOURS
Let’s break it down:
Rallies
• Avg rally time (travel, standing in line, event): 8 hours
• Avg engaged supporter: 2 rallies/year
• Core base: ~10 million people
8 hrs × 2 rallies × 10M = 160 million hours/year
That’s:
• 18,250 years of productive human time per year
• Enough to build 50,000 houses annually
• Mentor 1.6 million teens weekly
• Earn 3.2 million college degrees
Right-Wing Media Obsession
• MAGA-heavy viewers spend 15+ hours/week watching Fox, Newsmax, OAN, etc.
(source: Nielsen + Pew Research)
• That’s 780 hours/year, or 32 full days
The average American watches much less political content (approx. 2–4 hrs/week), and consumes a mix of topics. MAGA viewers, meanwhile, are trapped in an endless loop of rage-farming.
Social Media Screaming
• MAGA users spend 25% more time on Facebook than the average American
(Meta internal data leaks show political rage is the #1 engagement driver)
• They’re significantly more likely to post, share, argue, and consume political content instead of, say, learning skills, earning money, or helping their communities.
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THE MONEY DUMP: FLAGS, HATS, SCAMS, & GRIFTS
• Avg MAGA follower spends $300–$1,000/year on Trump gear, “Let’s Go Brandon” junk, political merch, livestream donations, NFT scams, Trump steaks, etc.
• Conservatively: $500/year × 10M supporters = $5 billion/year
That’s:
• 2.5 million community college scholarships
• 40 million school lunches/week
• Housing for 300,000 veterans
• Dozens of hospitals in rural America
• Or—hell—even basic infrastructure in your own towns
Instead? You bought a 3rd flag for your truck.
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THE ATTENTION SUCK: MINDSPACE YOU NEVER GET BACK
You had:
• A decade to develop a skill
• A decade to help a neighbor
• A decade to serve your community
• A decade to build something
But instead, you screamed into Facebook threads, got worked up over drag queens and gas stoves, and donated to millionaires pretending to be victims.
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Patriotism Isn’t Performance. It’s Purpose.
You’ve had:
• The hat
• The power
• The time
• The money
But what did you build?
The most anti-American thing you can do is waste America.
You were born with rights people die for—and you spent them on merch, memes, and messiah complexes.
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It’s not the immigrants.
It’s not the media.
It’s not the deep state.
It’s what you did with the gift of living here.
Maybe instead of buying another hat, you should’ve bought:
• A shovel
• A book
• A therapy session
• A community garden kit
• A ticket to a city council meeting
Because freedom is wasted if it’s only used to scream and shop.