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Tim Walz says he may run for president in 2028 despite failure of Harris campaign
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2025
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Again, I want to believe, but recent history doesn't provide that angle. During COVID there were people saying it was a government hoax as they were dying in the hospital. If they can be brainwashed to not believe their own fucking death, then nothing will change them.
I'm not talking about some of the moderates who don't really mind Trump but don't stay informed, by the way. I think some small percentage of these folks will be able to see the reality, just not in time.
Nutpicking, inflated by a media fixated on conflict over consensus. You also had stories about people dying in the hospital who were begging for the vaccine. And people who bounced through the virus unscathed who were insisting their quack remedy of choice / religious convictions were what saw them through. We got an avalanche of "Look at these stupid people!" headlines from every angle except the tens of millions busting down the door to be the first in line for the jab.
It's not a static position. People drift across the map based on the recency of their inputs. That's why so much of this modern media is so toxic. You'll have people who were Gen X eco-warrior black block protesters in the 90s getting their brains absolutely cooked by DMT and Jordan Peterson. Then you'll have people who were doing bow tie debate bro bullshit and waving Ron Paul rEVOLution plackards in the '00s who have fully embraced Warren/Bernie Social Democracy twenty years later.
But we don't just change on The Facts. We change based on our media diet and our lived experiences. Moving from periods of economic stress to stability (and back again) may cause us to reject our institutionalized understandings of the world. Gaining/Losing friends and family shapes who we interact with and what we consider appropriate ideology/behavior.
Everyone is vulnerable to this shift. And we can all be moved in any direction. This isn't something reserved for a rarified few. You're just observing the people who find themselves at a tipping point.