Thank you! I’ve backed off a lot of so-called news, no surprise there! Anytime someone blames the Dems for their loss, I immediately leave that site. The problem isn’t anything that the Democrats did, the problem is the voters who voted for Trump. And changing what the Democratic Party stands for into what the Republican Party stands for…
Thank you! I’ve backed off a lot of so-called news, no surprise there! Anytime someone blames the Dems for their loss, I immediately leave that site. The problem isn’t anything that the Democrats did, the problem is the voters who voted for Trump. And changing what the Democratic Party stands for into what the Republican Party stands for is not the solution. Some of the former Republicans, the Never-Trumpers, appear to wish the Democrats would shift their policies to turn the Democrats into what the former moderate Republicans were. That is not the solution to the problem.
I have canceled subscriptions to writers who blame Dems for abandoning the working class. What hogwash! The Trump voters believe the lies the GOP has told for decades. The problem was not the candidates. The problem was so many bigoted, stupid, hate filled voters. Yes, I said stupid, and I meant to say stupid. Wait til prices get WAY more expensive or God forbid, someone’s daughter needs care for an ectopic pregnancy and nearly dies from lack of proper care. Jonathan V. Last might have a point about letting the voters deal with the real consequences of voting for Trump.
ah. The data shows we should have won. The data was wrong.
1. Fear. Baked into the amygdala. Fear of "the other". Trump's commercials invoked the Jungian collective subconscious. Most effective ad: girls' sports.
2, Salesmanship. Psyops can make an Alaskan buy snow water. 90% voted contrary to their own economic and physical health. Why would someone on SSI (or any government benefit) vote to cut it.? Hispanics and Moslems supported a guy who will deport them -- even if they are citizens. During his administration he was working on "denaturalization."
this… PROPAGANDA WORKS. the simple answer is that Dems won’t use effective propaganda tools. All the analysts give way to much credit to the voters-
the fact is that the masses are stupid and lazy - they don’t know or understand “policy” or how government works. They listen to TV ads and social media propaganda (if anything at all) and what their friends say and vote based on their emotional ‘feelings’ about a candidate or just plain misinformation. They have zero clue how the decisions that affect their daily lives get made. They ‘don’t pay attention to politics’ - Americans have dug our own grave by failing to educate people about civics and perpetuating ‘news’ and information sources that are primarily, if not solely, profit driven. Until we fundamentally change the system, propaganda is the only thing that will work.
I am already weary of the blame being placed on Democrats. Second guessing is like saying your aunt would still be alive if the telephone pole didn't get in her car's way. We should be comforting each other more than blaming. The money, misinformation, and deliberate obstructionism by the Republicans and trump are the culprits. If we are to find fault, it should be that we didn't see the forty-year-long juggernaut being built by oligarchs, fundamentalists, and asshats coming our way.
Problem is, the stupid people who voted for Trump will be told by Trump that his bad actions were because of the Democrats and these stupid people will believe him.
Thanks for this. We need to stop the blame game and get it together. We need each other now more than ever…more than ever. And we - I - need not to hate. That is their game and look where it has gotten us. Mourning in America - then, as Kamala so beautifully said, it’s not a time to throw up our hands but to roll up our sleeves. 🫶🏽
Thank you! I’ve backed off a lot of so-called news, no surprise there! Anytime someone blames the Dems for their loss, I immediately leave that site. The problem isn’t anything that the Democrats did, the problem is the voters who voted for Trump. And changing what the Democratic Party stands for into what the Republican Party stands for is not the solution. Some of the former Republicans, the Never-Trumpers, appear to wish the Democrats would shift their policies to turn the Democrats into what the former moderate Republicans were. That is not the solution to the problem.
I have canceled subscriptions to writers who blame Dems for abandoning the working class. What hogwash! The Trump voters believe the lies the GOP has told for decades. The problem was not the candidates. The problem was so many bigoted, stupid, hate filled voters. Yes, I said stupid, and I meant to say stupid. Wait til prices get WAY more expensive or God forbid, someone’s daughter needs care for an ectopic pregnancy and nearly dies from lack of proper care. Jonathan V. Last might have a point about letting the voters deal with the real consequences of voting for Trump.
ah. The data shows we should have won. The data was wrong.
1. Fear. Baked into the amygdala. Fear of "the other". Trump's commercials invoked the Jungian collective subconscious. Most effective ad: girls' sports.
2, Salesmanship. Psyops can make an Alaskan buy snow water. 90% voted contrary to their own economic and physical health. Why would someone on SSI (or any government benefit) vote to cut it.? Hispanics and Moslems supported a guy who will deport them -- even if they are citizens. During his administration he was working on "denaturalization."
3 Maybe the proletariat are really "lumpen."
this… PROPAGANDA WORKS. the simple answer is that Dems won’t use effective propaganda tools. All the analysts give way to much credit to the voters-
the fact is that the masses are stupid and lazy - they don’t know or understand “policy” or how government works. They listen to TV ads and social media propaganda (if anything at all) and what their friends say and vote based on their emotional ‘feelings’ about a candidate or just plain misinformation. They have zero clue how the decisions that affect their daily lives get made. They ‘don’t pay attention to politics’ - Americans have dug our own grave by failing to educate people about civics and perpetuating ‘news’ and information sources that are primarily, if not solely, profit driven. Until we fundamentally change the system, propaganda is the only thing that will work.
I am already weary of the blame being placed on Democrats. Second guessing is like saying your aunt would still be alive if the telephone pole didn't get in her car's way. We should be comforting each other more than blaming. The money, misinformation, and deliberate obstructionism by the Republicans and trump are the culprits. If we are to find fault, it should be that we didn't see the forty-year-long juggernaut being built by oligarchs, fundamentalists, and asshats coming our way.
Problem is, the stupid people who voted for Trump will be told by Trump that his bad actions were because of the Democrats and these stupid people will believe him.
Thanks for this. We need to stop the blame game and get it together. We need each other now more than ever…more than ever. And we - I - need not to hate. That is their game and look where it has gotten us. Mourning in America - then, as Kamala so beautifully said, it’s not a time to throw up our hands but to roll up our sleeves. 🫶🏽