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How the fuck is this still a tight race? I just for the life of me cannot understand (I mean, I can, but... I just can't).
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Fascism doesn't come out of stupidity. It comes out of the degradation of social safety nets, education, community, and ultimately degrading material conditions.
If, in trying to understand how America is devolving into fascism, your primary question is "how can people be so stupid?", you'll always be confused. There isn't some perfectly crafted argument, no perfect slam, no appeal to logic that is going to mitigate fascism. The only ways to curb fascism are to change material conditions or extinguish fascists.
Thev key is an education system that teaches critical thinking skills. Especially in online spaces.
I was just listening to him today. The segment on how republicans who claim pro life are really just anti woman.
So relevant, that guy. And missed.
Yeah his schtick, while deranged and dangerous, has also become so meanderingly boring and predictable - I have no idea why anyone cares enough about him to vote for him anymore.
sunk cost fallacy has got to be carrying trump a bit this election. it’s probably easier for some people to tune him out than to admit they’ve been wrong about him for the past however many years.
it seems to me like one of his greatest “strengths” was capturing the “i don’t care about politics” crowd. and for a decent chunk of those people, it’s maybe not so much about the politics as it is an alternative for something like professional wrestling or something. it’s about the spectacle and showmanship.
at least that’s what i keep telling myself. (i find it slightly more comforting than the alternative.) but don’t get me wrong, he definitely also has a ton of nazis supporting him.
Because of racism.
They want whites in power so that brown people will suffer. They don't care if they suffer too so long as brown people suffer more.
Dude I live in the Philly suburbs and there are so many Trump yard signs in my neighborhood, it's really depressing. Loads of Harris signs too, but there are way more trump signs than in years past. I don't get it.
Their team has to win no matter how incompetent the candidate is.