One pollster sees “flashing red” signs on youth turnout as Gen Z and millennial voters, who are not satisfied with either party, could again play a decisive role in the next election.
That’s the neat part, they don’t most of the time. But people get this idea that “well if they are not voting Biden then they are voting trump” then go shock pikachu when the numbers of those who don’t vote come out. We ignore it or blame it on the youth for being stupid and then we repeat the mistakes. Because that’s easier then dealing with the cognitive dissonance
And even if not voting and making it easier for the greater evil to win IS stupid, that’s not an excuse! Stupid people are a core Republican constituency, but they do the work to trigger them to go vote.
So sure, let’s say young people are stupid. What are you going to do about it? Because complaining about how they didn’t be not-stupid isn’t getting any more votes.
Because they figure if the fan the flames they firefighters might come sooner.
Honeslty that is what drives a considerable amount of the Trump base, they want ‘the end’ to come sooner than later and they know voting in Trump will make it happen. A consider amount of people seriously fantasize about society collapsing because it makes them feel like they are empowered/especial/superior to the ‘sheep’. Like preppers.
I myself felt this urge during 2016. I was so pissed off at the Democrats I seriously considered voting for Trump as an F you to the democrats for their shitty status quo policy making and their inability to have a charismatic leader who actually gets shit done instead of making excuses like Obama did for 8 years.
Say what you want about Republicans being evil or whatever, but they get shit done. They get their legislation passed, and their judges appointed.
Which is a weird sentiment because the only natural outcome for the accelerationist views is either a fascist takeover or a popular revolution. We can all imagine how and what happens with the former. With a revolution you have groups of people with at least 2 very different ideas of what the country should be post-revolution. You have the far right Trump supporters who hate government and want a collapse; who will all almost certainly die or as Huffman put it “become slaves”. Then you have the far left who want to reform government to be actually democratic and fair (some of those probably want actual communism as well, which is it’s own schism).
So unsure how accelerationists who want a revolution figure this out. Even if a popular revolution worked, it would immediately break down into partisan fighting.
Accelerationists are like Huffman in that they think they’ll personally be fine and able to lead a political revolution from the ashes. They think they’re flameproof.
Say what you want about Republicans being evil or whatever, but they get shit done. They get their legislation passed, and their judges appointed.
Trump and McConnell had a house supermajority and yet couldn’t even abolish Obamacare. The fact that you believe that they get things done is actually you believing carefully crafted propaganda.
How can people who would vote Dem, but don’t really like Biden go TRUMP? That make no sense. But then again 'Merica
That’s the neat part, they don’t most of the time. But people get this idea that “well if they are not voting Biden then they are voting trump” then go shock pikachu when the numbers of those who don’t vote come out. We ignore it or blame it on the youth for being stupid and then we repeat the mistakes. Because that’s easier then dealing with the cognitive dissonance
And even if not voting and making it easier for the greater evil to win IS stupid, that’s not an excuse! Stupid people are a core Republican constituency, but they do the work to trigger them to go vote.
So sure, let’s say young people are stupid. What are you going to do about it? Because complaining about how they didn’t be not-stupid isn’t getting any more votes.
Yeah I don’t buy it. I might get angry enough to just stay home (might not likely) but that is a bridge too far.
Because they figure if the fan the flames they firefighters might come sooner.
Honeslty that is what drives a considerable amount of the Trump base, they want ‘the end’ to come sooner than later and they know voting in Trump will make it happen. A consider amount of people seriously fantasize about society collapsing because it makes them feel like they are empowered/especial/superior to the ‘sheep’. Like preppers.
I myself felt this urge during 2016. I was so pissed off at the Democrats I seriously considered voting for Trump as an F you to the democrats for their shitty status quo policy making and their inability to have a charismatic leader who actually gets shit done instead of making excuses like Obama did for 8 years.
Say what you want about Republicans being evil or whatever, but they get shit done. They get their legislation passed, and their judges appointed.
Which is a weird sentiment because the only natural outcome for the accelerationist views is either a fascist takeover or a popular revolution. We can all imagine how and what happens with the former. With a revolution you have groups of people with at least 2 very different ideas of what the country should be post-revolution. You have the far right Trump supporters who hate government and want a collapse; who will all almost certainly die or as Huffman put it “become slaves”. Then you have the far left who want to reform government to be actually democratic and fair (some of those probably want actual communism as well, which is it’s own schism).
So unsure how accelerationists who want a revolution figure this out. Even if a popular revolution worked, it would immediately break down into partisan fighting.
Accelerationists are like Huffman in that they think they’ll personally be fine and able to lead a political revolution from the ashes. They think they’re flameproof.
Trump and McConnell had a house supermajority and yet couldn’t even abolish Obamacare. The fact that you believe that they get things done is actually you believing carefully crafted propaganda.
And they have to keep changing the rules at the last minute to do it.
How could anyone vote for either of these pricks?