Anyone who thinks the Dems lost to Trump and only trump is not seeing the real picture. Dems lost becuase we as a society have failed to reign in and moderate online news. Full stop. This is obvious to me during the election, but any niggling doubt I had over this was erased by reading Careless People.

Dems didn’t lose just to Trump, they lost to the Trump and Big Tech alliance. If you own the media and how media is delivered, you own the election and so Trump, Russia and Big Tech won the election. It wasn’t about policy as much as it is the robber barons of the 21st century winning the election.

Anonymous wrote:Somehow Mr. Not Clever became the central figure in American politics.

It tells you that half the country is dumber than Trump.

Somehow Mr. Not Clever became the central figure in American politics.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

And then he lied, lied, lied.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Don’t forget the help of the billionaires and the even stupider MAGA crowd in the red states.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe we keep losing to this guy! Do voters really hate migrants and trans folks and civil servants and NGO executives SO MUCH that they would vote for idiot Trump over Democrats? WTF?

Here are his genius voters.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spite-turns-normal-people-into-horse-paste-eating-conspiracy-addicts-says-study/ar-AA1AHj7w

https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/03/14/an-ivermectin-influencer-died-now-his-followers-are-worried-about-their-own-severe-symptoms/

Now instead of healthcare, apply their mindset to economics or sociology.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe we keep losing to this guy! Do voters really hate migrants and trans folks and civil servants and NGO executives SO MUCH that they would vote for idiot Trump over Democrats? WTF?

The sad answer to this question is yes. Americans were handed one of the best deals anyone has ever had in the history of all of mankind and all they can do is gripe. The system isn't perfect for me! The system doesn't work for me! Me me me me me! Let's blow it up. Screw everyone else.

So we'll go backwards by decades and maybe more and then they'll be sorry but it will be too late.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe we keep losing to this guy! Do voters really hate migrants and trans folks and civil servants and NGO executives SO MUCH that they would vote for idiot Trump over Democrats? WTF?

Here are his genius voters.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spite-turns-normal-people-into-horse-paste-eating-conspiracy-addicts-says-study/ar-AA1AHj7w

https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/03/14/an-ivermectin-influencer-died-now-his-followers-are-worried-about-their-own-severe-symptoms/

I can’t believe we keep losing to this guy! Do voters really hate migrants and trans folks and civil servants and NGO executives SO MUCH that they would vote for idiot Trump over Democrats? WTF?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Suppose you possess a flawless understanding of this man who lives rent-free inside your head and will never know of your existence.

What does that say about your party, which was defeated by something akin to a man-baby?

Are you imaging Joe Biden was capable of much more than hiding his own Easter eggs?

Our government is a uniparty gerontocracy. It’s good you are just now noticing. That’s a start. What else are you noticing?

It tells us what we've always known. 1-person 1-vote means we get a President that the average person prefers, and the average person is stupid and mean.

Let me guess. You are going to need more than one vote, correct?

Or maybe you get one but others get a three-fifths vote?

We’ll call it progress!

Anonymous wrote:Suppose you possess a flawless understanding of this man who lives rent-free inside your head and will never know of your existence.

What does that say about your party, which was defeated by something akin to a man-baby?

Are you imaging Joe Biden was capable of much more than hiding his own Easter eggs?

Our government is a uniparty gerontocracy. It’s good you are just now noticing. That’s a start. What else are you noticing?

NP on this thread.
You make a good point.
No politicians care about you.
Stop defending any of them against your principles.
If you accused the other side of grifting, insider trading, selling their soul, or actively making the country worse…
Then when your guy does it, you defend him…
You are a pawn.

Anonymous wrote:Suppose you possess a flawless understanding of this man who lives rent-free inside your head and will never know of your existence.

What does that say about your party, which was defeated by something akin to a man-baby?

Are you imaging Joe Biden was capable of much more than hiding his own Easter eggs?

Our government is a uniparty gerontocracy. It’s good you are just now noticing. That’s a start. What else are you noticing?

It tells us what we've always known. 1-person 1-vote means we get a President that the average person prefers, and the average person is stupid and mean.

Anonymous wrote:All he does is ramble incoherently and golf. Such a waste of money.

If that's all he did, we wouldn't be in the trouble we are in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do Democrats lose to someone who is not smart?

Trump built a coalition of grievance: Evangelical Christians (and two important subsets: Christian Nationalists and Christian Domionists), blue collar workers (who believe “globalism” has cheated them out of the American dream), white supremecists, anti-vaxxers, incels, and suburban women who are tired of “wokeism”, particularly in public schools.

Republicans created the "Evangelical Christians" (intentionally, to create a non-thinking voter bloc they could control). Trump just hijacked them.

Suburban women are not Trumps' base; they are split.

Trump sport is highly inversely correlated with level of education achieved. That's it. He attracts poor thinkers. He's a political 419 scam.

Anonymous wrote:All he does is ramble incoherently and golf. Such a waste of money.

+1000. While he ran in 2016 he criticized Obama's golfing and said if elected, he wouldn't have time to play golf. Then in his first term he proceeded to play golf at a higher rate than Obama did. Now he's playing even more golf than that. In theory I don't have a problem with Trump delegating power while he golfs - except that now he's delegated that power to Elon. Sad!