We're going to get it, and we're going to deserve it
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2024
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I hate this take so much. I have been a good person all of my life, went out of my way to think of others and their feelings, never been in trouble, always followed the rules, worked hard to get to where I am at, and you're telling me that I deserve this bullshit? Makes it all feel so worthless to have dedicated my time and energy for something that apparently no one else can even muster sympathy. Fuck man.
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MAGA terrorists want to gun down trans people in the streets because they can't help their ungodly attraction to them
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no room for ambiguity or an “asterisk” in his legitimacy,
Except for that tidbit about people who attempt to overthrow democracy aren't eligible to have their seat at the table, sure.
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You think the Supreme Court and court system as a whole is bad now? Just wait.
Unpopular Opinion: Trump represents a demographic transition in the U.S. as the old people go into retirement new young people emerge. The retiring and now dying people had the following properties:
- did not use social media, reads popular newspapers
- extrovert, wanted to dominate international institutions and create new international rules
- pro free markets, wanted to achieve global systems dominance, containment of enemies (Soviet Union)
- unionized working class (example: Boeing employee)
- majority Protestant, Catholic or Mormon
Meanwhile Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and other Silicon Valley emperors captured a new demographic:
- uses social media, isolated in select bubbles
- introvert, isolationist
- pro tariffs, local markets, walls as a symbolic and total solution to societies openness, what I would describe as "self containment protectionism"
- not in a union, does not even dream of a union. (example: Fruit picker in Florida/Texas)
- Catholic, majority is atheist now
This might represent the final shift away from the old cold war era to a new war(?) era. To my understanding South America is majority introvert conservative catholic in its foreign policy and North america is (was) majority extrovert unionized protestant in its foreign policy. And now North America starts to look more like an isolationist version of Argentinia or Brazil to me with heavy protestant tones (think of Milei of Argentinia or Bolsonaro of Brazil, who are ironically more protestant than catholic in their support base). I am not american so proudly correct me where I am totally wrong in my analysis.
TBH I think there is a negative correlation between introvert/isolationist and fans of Musk. Musk is more appealing to the average schmuck, idiots who know not of his sins. People who use social media for good vibes but question nothing.
Yep I agree now the analysis is wrong on the extrovert/introvert part and it is totally uncorrelated. Many "business types" who love the Elons, Peter Thiels, or Viveks out there seem management types who want short term stock prices to go up, by any means needed.
Also I would not describe Donald Trump or Steve Banon as introverts.
It seems like the problem was turnout. In the last election liberals decided to come out and vote to remove Trump from office. This time they didn’t bother to vote.
I'm absolutely sure this idiot has 4 years to fuck the world up. He's not going to make us great again by helping anyone else...
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