Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?
zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoit’s another example of focusing on character in a way that doesn’t have any direct, material impact on people’s lives.
If you think that shitting all over democracy by attempting a coup and lying about the integrity of your election “doesn’t have any direct, material impact on people’s lives” then you have brain worms. People even died to this shit. Families and friendships have been ruined.
Project 2025, Trump disavowed
Oh wow, I’m so glad that the serial liar “disavowed” it and then proceeded to install the minds behind project 2025 into government and speed-run the implementation of its policies.
Telling people to read a 900 page document that Trump claims not to support is not enough, no.
Don’t be disingenuous and obtuse. Nobody asked anyone to read 900 pages, summaries of the project were detailed all over the media and Dems/Kamala highlighted various points of the project. Again, if people were too retarded to take it seriously that’s on them. They can eat the shit they ordered now.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yeah? What percentage of the population?
Again, this incessent need for partisan moralizing. There was no way to prove to the American people that he was going to give government positions to the people behind it. I don’t like Trump, I didn’t vote for him, you can stop constantly trying to convince me he’s a Bad Man.
What we’re talking about is not morality, it’s the factual question of why Trump won. For that purpose, his character is only relevant insofar as it affects public opinion of him.
Which parts? I need specifics since you just tried to claim that January 6th was an issue that had a direct, material impact on the average American (lmao!) so I don’t trust you to make that evaluation.
zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
How is that relevant? How many lives need to be destroyed and how much does your democracy need to be damaged to bullshit and lies alone for it to be an issue?
I’ve only used his character and actions to highlight how manipulated and misinformed people have to be to still vote for him. That should be clear.
Go watch the interviews/campaign speeches and almost every article regarding the project before the election. There was no lack of warning about what was to come, anyone who was unaware either didn’t care or was just another one of the misguided sheep. If you don’t already think the damage done to American democracy on Jan 6th doesn’t, by definition, have an impact on the average American then you have some other issue. If you just don’t care about democracy because you’re some kind of brainlet tankie then RIP, waste of time.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Because you’re trying to argue that it’s something that has a direct material impact on the average person. Again, as always, you’re getting distracted by moralizing, “This should be an issue” but that’s not what we’re discussing. The fact is, regardless of what people should or shouldn’t care about, regardless of how bad a given event is or isn’t, the fact is that people care the most about things that materially impact them or people they know personally. Inflation, therefore, is more important to the average person than January 6th, and if you go on and on about Jan 6 while failing to address their economic concerns, you will lose. Again, like what happened.
Again, it’s not about what is important or what I think is important, you’re getting distracted by moralizing. It’s about understanding reality as it is. And reality as it is is that people care about things that affect them in direct, material ways more than things that don’t, and January 6th had no direct, material impact on the vast majority of people.
You can whine all you want about how people “should” be more concerned about it, but all you’re doing is railing against the realities of human psychology. It is what it is, not everyone cares about the stuff you care about, even if the stuff you care about is really important. You might as well complain about the laws of physics, maybe the universe would be better if the second law of thermodynamics didn’t exist, but that doesn’t really matter, because you can’t change it, and, similarly, you can’t wave a wand and get people to stop prioritizing their direct, material interests.
Understanding and adapting to what voters actually care about is what allows you to win elections which is what allows you to take power and address the concerns you have and keep the other side out of power.
zenitsu@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
You keep repeating this meaningless slogan as if we live in a world where morality doesn’t exist or matter.
Agreed, not full picture though. Let me know in what way did Trump do a better job of addressing economic concerns given his already shit economic policies during his first term and his inability to communicate any meaningful plans.
But they don’t genuinely care, because if they did they’d try to be minimally informed. It’s all just based on emoting and slogans, It’s all morons falling for braindead propaganda by bad actors.