Fear was what they used. They used fear of Trump. Fear of democracy ending, etc.
What she needed was outrage at those responsible. Corporations.
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She should have been blaming those responsible, corporations. And outlining how she was going to go after them.
But that would have likely cost her campaign funds...
1 is bullshit.
We can organize. Get involved in our communities. Make sure we and our loved ones are as safe as possible if shit does hit the fan.
2 ignores the fact that this isn't 2016. The judiciary is stacked this time around. And the SC has already given Trump immunity for a lot of the bullshit he says he plans to do.
You can hope for the best. I do. But I'm also preparing for the worst.
I'm not counting on the democrats to save me. You're praying that things are okay when every indication out of Trump is the opposite.
Some times I'm not going to worry is just apathy in disguise. I think that's the case here.
And I'm saying that's propaganda.
The DNC isn't the party of the underclass. They're corporate goons who throw working class people a bone, so the status quo isn't disrupted.
People are so sick of the status quo, they'll vote for a narcissistic used car salesman like Trump instead.
The fact that the DNC can't read the room, for the third cycle in a row, is absolutely a problem with the DNC and their messaging.
Harris appealed to reason with people who are frustrated and scared. She argued her position like a courtroom lawyer. Trump connected with people on an emotional level. Even if it was all lies and bullshit, he connected. She didn't.
Additionally, Biden's pride and hubris robbed Democratic voters of a primary. People are really sick of this kinda bullshit, and it didn't get people excited to vote.
So they didn't. Election turnout this year was worse than 2020 for the Democrats.
Absolutely an issue with the DNC and they don't need you apologizing for them.
It's not subjective. The U.S. left is why 40 hour work weeks and SSI exists.
We've just never been represented by the duopoly elite/land owners (by design) and instead have had to strike and agitate through those means rather than the ballot box.
In other words, the working class isn't represented nationally and never has been outside a few radicals like Bernie and AOC.
The similarities I see between them and the Aztec corporation from shadowrun is pretty astounding. Both primarily sell consumer goods.
Technology generally isn't good or bad. A surgeon's scalpel for example, can both heal or hurt, depending on the skill and intentions of the user.
What AI is, is powerful. Which makes it good in the hands of some, and very, very bad in the hands of others. This isn't just about censorship or capitalism. One of the first of the newer AIs was able to generate 1,000s of novel lethal compounds overnight by changing a single parameter. That's just on the medical/warfare/terrorism side of things.
Social trust is likely to erode as deep fake technology gets into the hands of literally everyone. State actors will go after other states, as we're seeing in elections already. And rogue actors will be able to spread misinformation or use the technology to con people. Corporate actors are already using the technology to manipulate people for profit. With harmful outcomes apparent.
I'm not an AI hater btw. The advances we'll see in medical technology, microbiology, and understanding large systems like weather and societies, will be and is amazing. But, there's no guard rails at the moment and won't be any likely in the years ahead. It will be a wild ride and AI is just one more thing that's going to drastically change our world in the coming two decades. Some of it will be good. And a lot of it will be bad.
Jobs that typically women do also pay much less. Regardless of if the women in question take any time off to raise children. Or if the individual employee happens to be a man.
Teachers for example. But also human services workers and similar jobs. And this doesn't get into hiring biases for high paying jobs, like management positions in any field, which tends strongly to break for men.
The idea that women take time off from work to raise babies, and therefore they get paid less, isn't the issue, in other words. Women don't take 25% more time off then men. And not all women are having babies. But we're affected by the gender pay gap all the same.
Or maybe people should be prepared for the worst because a violent felon was just elected to run the country?
They actually have been.
The issue was messaging. Harris made her campaign about fear of Trump. She should have used outrage towards those you just mentioned along with a solid plan of how to regulate that behavior.