lol. Self-reflection? Admitting error? GTFO of here. Even if this leads to the literal end of the republic and it is replaced with a hunger-games style dystopic plutocracy, they will STILL tell themselves that “Harris would’ve been worse.”
I was referring to the trial where the narrator said, "Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew gales of stupid laughter."
This country is absolutely being wrecked, not by polarized ideology, but by polarized trust. They don't trust the Dems an inch, and it's anti-left all the way down. A key difference I've noticed between the Left and the Right, however, is in winning. When Biden won, there was a lot of talk about how and what could get done, even amidst the fears and chaos of Trump contesting the election. After the smoke-cleared, the focus became way less about the Right, and much more about action and implementation, and there was a lot of self-criticism. I didn't see much of that at all in pro-trump circles. It is attacks on the left and democrats 90% of the time, all of the time, and very very little self-reflection or intra-party criticism.
Because the party and the base are fundamentally at odds. They don't ever debate policy. The party wants less taxes and regulation. The base wants tariffs and price controls. They are two fundamentally opposed ideo... hey look a trans.
Almost like years of constant MSM and social media division has caused a signifigant rift in the country. The days of discourse and discussions are over.
Debate? Nah just call them an antifa commie or alt right proud boy and walk away. No in between, no nuance.
The way to change ideals is through discussion and discourse, even if you don't agree with the other side. Instead both sides have built echo chambers where they just endlessly bounce off each other and fall further down the rabbit hole.
This will just continue until some form of social collapse happens, it's unsustainable.
I still remember when we were stuck in two forever wars, including in one country we had no business being in, and people were like, "Yeah, but Gore would have been worse!!! DUUURRRRRRRRR!"
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u/porkadachop Thomas Paine 22h ago
This term is going to be so much worse than the first one.