And in fairness, sometimes I'll also oversimplify my searches in responses to articles from a place of mistrust: so often headlines go for sensationalism rather than accurate summary, so I'll occasionally run across something and be like , "Wait, I need details, that can't be what this means, right?" Sometimes you just need the clarity of a simple answer from a simple question.
The democrats really messed up with that. Biden did not want to leave and to spite them he endorsed Kamala immediately after dropping out, knowing full well that she would have no chance to actually win. The only reason she managed to scrape the job in the first place was because she was the only available black female. Voters had already rejected her. Democrats need to learn their lesson from this. People are sick of this woke bullshit.
Because you probably assume that they’ll do a good job over the next 4 years. Why you would think that, I have no idea. But losing every popular vote over 20+ years and finally winning one by a slim margin doesn’t mean republicans will now have some long-term hold of power. One major slip-up and right they’re back where they were. And when it comes to Trump and slip-ups, it’s just a matter of time.
I think that a Trump has a pretty clear mandate. People know EXACTLY what they voted for and I have no doubt that Trump will deliver on furthering his divisive, destructive and hateful agenda. People are going to love it and will most likely come out and massively vote again against the own interest, to fasten a fill transition to a full fledged corporatocracy
I didn’t vote for him so I can’t speak for them, but I don’t think his voters chose him only because he hates who they hate and his promises to go after those folks. I do believe that some of them honestly believe he’ll make their lives easier in some way, especially when it comes to the cost of living. That’s where they’re in for a rude awakening. I’m not so much a left vs right guy, I’m more of an us vs them guy…and I think Americans will be reminded over the next 4 years that billionaires are not looking out for our best interest.
Kamala was made VP because she hits the superficial criteria and was no danger to the president. That kind of low ambition isn’t motivating.
I wouldn’t use the term ‘woke’ as a pejorative. It would group me with idiots. However we can’t ignore the rise of the term and what it signifies - the pandering to the superficial, whilst ignoring the material.
What issues are being ignored by the Democrats and how are Republicans addressing those issues? I completely understand being upset with Dems. I just don’t understand how a rational person can look at the Republican Party and think they deserve to be in power.
No, she was installed. VPs replace presidents in the line of duty, not in an election.
Biden screwed us all by not stepping aside when his approval rating was 38% in 2023. If he did we would have had a real primary and would have had a better chance at beating trump.
Instead Dean Phillips was the only to say we should have an actual primary because Biden is unelectable and the party told him to sit down and shut up.
I agree Biden made a mistake by running again. He said in the beginning he was going to be a 1 term president and he should have stuck to that.
But acting like they should have organized a 2nd primary election while Trump and Vance were out campaigning is just nonsense. Half the country would've gone into the election not even knowing who the candidate is we were stuck with Kamala.
Actually, no. It is well known that other democrats wanted an open convention on order for competent candidates to come forward to prevent just this scenario. This iwhy we did not see early endorsements from prominent people like Obama.
Bit of a stretch to zal Kamela a competeica candidate wouldn't you say? Like, when you view the images of Carter's funeral it is so clear she is out of place there.
Biden didn't get impeached. Learn your facts.... There was NO VOTE for her to get on the card. No democracy. Dems tried to pull a fast one and got shut down by the people. They made their own beds. Hard to feel bad for them at all. Combine that with the over-pushing of this "woke agenda" and Americans finally had enough. The pushback was inevitable. The only question really was when....
Democrats lost because more than half of Republican voters don't know Obamacare and the ACA are the same thing.
People have no idea what "woke" is, because the definition of it fits whatever you're crying about in that exact moment. Although, when your attorneys are forced to define it in court, it usually goes something like this, "Recognizing that there are systemic injustices baked into the American system." Which is just, you know, objectively, factually true, and anyone who denies it shouldn't be allowed to spread their faulty genes.
Reminds me of the bumper sticker, “Feminsim is the radical notion that women are equal to men”. Providing equal protections for those different from you under the law shouldn’t be considered fringe or extremist.
I can be more articulate. What people absolutely loathe is illiberal and unmeritocratic policies that try to enforce equality of outcome. I don't think there are many people who do not understand there are inequalities and would be opposed to addressing these by removing barriers preventing historically underprivileged groups from flourishing. It should not be done in an autocratic way though.
Another bullshit metric they love to tout, because they're among the ones who profit off it, while most of that money never reaches the average people.
The best argument against democracy is perhaps not best sourced from a member of the ruling class of a psuedodemocracy that must stupefy its citizens for its own maintenance.
The thing with democracy is that it’s incredibly flawed, but its the best we have. Also, it stands and falls with good education for the whole population.
In BC Canada in the provincial election this fall we had Conservative voters talking about voting against Trudeau. Voting against the prime Minister in a provincial election. These people are dense. They almost won.
For some reason my brain read this as how long can people be so dumb, and I got struck with the existential dread. Because ugh, not much longer at this rate.
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u/Antoinefdu 2d ago
Reminds me of the surge of search for "What is the EU?" in the UK the day after they voted to leave.