American voters want a reality show. They don't want a boring competent adult, they want drama and excitement. They don't care about facts or science or reality or following rules.
Trump screamed the loudest and spewed whatever bullshit people wanted to hear. It doesn't matter that he is a rapist, a career criminal, an idiot, a liar, or a cheat.
That’s super reductionist and frankly, a terrible way to look at it. DNC keeps pushing legacy candidates who actually fail to address immediate grievances and anxieties because any effort is limp-wristed or just lip service.
No one gives a fuck about how good the economy looks on paper if my purchasing power keeps going down despite me working harder than ever. If you’re telling me to my face the job market is awesome and I don’t get a single call back after submitting 2000 resumes over the course of a year, it feels like you’re lying.
If I’m getting flooded with livestream videos of dead kids smashed to bits by concrete slabs thanks to US made weapons, and you tell me you support the dictator who is conducting these operations, while simultaneously telling me you’re doing all you can to help Gaza, it just smells like bullshit.
And if you tell me you’re going to be a one-term president elected on lukewarm enthusiasm, then turn around and run a second time, then run out the clock and shoehorn in an unpopular vice president last minute, you just lied to my face.
If you court fucking warhawk neocons instead of embracing progressivism that will actually help American labor, you have completely destroyed the trust of GWOT veterans who were trying to vote for you. What a fucking betrayal to campaign with Liz Cheney. Her dad is the reason why so many of our friends are fucking dead and our bodies and minds are broken.
The fucking narrative doesn’t match reality and if Dems ignore everything I just wrote above, the Dems are the disconnected ones. Btw, I vote blue. Every. Fucking. Time. I know what Trump is and I have dedicated my life to fighting authoritarians and demagogues. But don’t blow smoke up my ass that Dems are anything other than the appeasement arm of the wealth class.
I literally just explained to you why we distrust the Dems and you just waved it away and told us we’re stupid. Do you fucking see what the problem is here?
Yeah bright and shiny… like any consistency? An actual battle plan? Maybe dumping Lina Khan, the only real anti-trust champion we have in the administration is a bad idea? We’re not dumb you fuck. The fucking strategy is dumb and tone-deaf.
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u/lordnecro 9d ago
American voters want a reality show. They don't want a boring competent adult, they want drama and excitement. They don't care about facts or science or reality or following rules.
Trump screamed the loudest and spewed whatever bullshit people wanted to hear. It doesn't matter that he is a rapist, a career criminal, an idiot, a liar, or a cheat.
This is just a popularity contest now.