Sweeping all of the swing states, Trump’s was an emphatic victory. And a key reason is that many Americans feel worse off than they were four years ago.
I will repeat it one more time; what politicians write out as their policy platform on their website does not matter. American elections are based purely on emotions, there is no logic or reading. Nobody is asking Harris to “bend over backwards” to support progressives. I don’t think openly condeming the genocide in Gaza and publicly promising to take steps to end it would have cost her the election. I don’t think calling out the corporations that are keeping prices inflated would have cost her the election. I don’t think taking a firm stance on LGBTQ rights would have cost her the election. I don’t think promising to enshrine abortion rights into law would have cost her the election. I think running a campaign that ignored those issues and championed “more of the status quo” while ignoring or attacking anyone who offered genuine criticism did lose her the election. You can point to everywhere in her platform that guarantees she would definitely try her best to support these progressive issues once elected, but if she’s not saying it at rallies, on TV appearances, and on social media, then it does not matter. That’s not how elections are won.
If the progressives are too dense to read a website, read between the lines, and make even a modicum of effort to understand the actual political reality of their country we’re fucked.
Americans are fucking stupid, have you met us? People have been increasingly less capable and less willing to do basic amounts of reading for like a generation. Critical thinking is all but dead. It’s nice that you have high expectations of citizenry, but that just doesn’t comport with reality.
I will repeat it one more time; what politicians write out as their policy platform on their website does not matter. American elections are based purely on emotions, there is no logic or reading. Nobody is asking Harris to “bend over backwards” to support progressives. I don’t think openly condeming the genocide in Gaza and publicly promising to take steps to end it would have cost her the election. I don’t think calling out the corporations that are keeping prices inflated would have cost her the election. I don’t think taking a firm stance on LGBTQ rights would have cost her the election. I don’t think promising to enshrine abortion rights into law would have cost her the election. I think running a campaign that ignored those issues and championed “more of the status quo” while ignoring or attacking anyone who offered genuine criticism did lose her the election. You can point to everywhere in her platform that guarantees she would definitely try her best to support these progressive issues once elected, but if she’s not saying it at rallies, on TV appearances, and on social media, then it does not matter. That’s not how elections are won.
If the progressives are too dense to read a website, read between the lines, and make even a modicum of effort to understand the actual political reality of their country we’re fucked.
Americans are fucking stupid, have you met us? People have been increasingly less capable and less willing to do basic amounts of reading for like a generation. Critical thinking is all but dead. It’s nice that you have high expectations of citizenry, but that just doesn’t comport with reality.