The average American doesn't want to be ruled by a woman. I never expected their sexism to be that severe. — javi2541997
The average American doesn't want to be ruled by a woman. I never expected their sexism to be that severe. — javi2541997
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016 though. — Baden
does anything for them. — Manuel
I totally agree with this. This is the real reason why Trump is elected (or if he get's through to get the second term). And thus it really doesn't matter what a debacle the whole Trump II administration turns out to be, as long as the media is offended and the elites are angry, Trump voters are happy. Because he is tearing down the rotten system. The smug media/Hollywood apparatus doesn't simply understand this and because it fully has gone with the Democratic narrative, it helps Trump to be the contender (and possible winner) he is.He'll burn down the system. That's what people want. They're tired of politics, tired of being responsible for the world's ills, tired of worrying about climate change or foreign policy, tired of the current state of capitalism (though the latter they don't identify as the problem).
The solution is to burn it all down. Elect someone obviously hated by politicians and the media. Someone who is "unfit for office", which to their ears means he's a danger to the status quo. He's a danger to "democracy"? Great that means he'll change the system which doesn't work for ordinary Americans.
This is not meant as an indictment. — Echarmion
And Harris could still carry the popular vote. But she's a weak uninspiring candidate is the problem. — Baden
And now he's protected by the Supreme Court decision that he's granted immunity for 'any official acts'. The Project 2025 ideologues are lined up to purge the bureaucracy and, quote, 'take down the deep state leadership.' He's promised 11 million deportations and massive tarrifs. He has a hit list of his 'enemies within'. — Wayfarer
Dude took all the swing states. Wtf? — frank
Do you think that he and Vance and Musk and RFK and Bannon will be able to agree on anything and not end up derailing themselves in acrimony in a few months? — Tom Storm
Isn't Trump just another celebrity, virtue signalling, identity policies wanker (albeit of the right)? — Tom Storm
Today’s the day we get 4 more years of the old degenerate climate-denying corporatist con man. It’ll do irreversible damage and lock in 50 years of a reactionary Supreme Court and judiciary generally— and put the brakes on the little climate policy we managed to pass— but hey, Americans are fairly stupid and easily brainwashed, and the Democrats should have known better. The lesson they’ll take away from this is that they should move farther to the right, which is insane. — Mikie
Today’s the day we get 4 more years of the old degenerate climate-denying corporatist con man. It’ll do irreversible damage and lock in 50 years of a reactionary Supreme Court and judiciary generally— and put the brakes on the little climate policy we managed to pass— but hey, Americans are fairly stupid and easily brainwashed, and the Democrats should have known better. The lesson they’ll take away from this is that they should move farther to the right, which is insane.
— Mikie — Mikie
What do you think are the lessons for Democrats here? — Tom Storm
When did Musk become a right-wing cartoon? — Tom Storm
Around the time he bought Twitter. — Wayfarer
It gets tiresome having to exclusively vote AGAINST something— that’s extremely uninspiring. Despite all the gaslighting, I never felt the so-called “energy,” and I imagine millions of others didn’t either. It all felt rather bland and formal and forced and coached. Like Hillary all over again: machine-like; robotic. I still voted against the worst, as we all should, but eventually you have to offer something as well. — Mikie
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