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I still cant believe this person is the US president. If I had to explain this to aliens, I guess I would say something along the lines of "the media is controlled and voting is therefore also controlled". Also humans in USA are overworked, stressed, overweight, tired, have almost no vacations or public health care. It all contributes to not being able to think properly.
It's a teamsport and we're profoundly stupid and tribal.
And apathetic
Many of those things you mentioned are why people didn't vote as well... We do not get any time off to vote, and many states don't allow mail-in ballots.
Its such a strange country... In Sweden, they put the election on a weekend so people can go vote.
I'd say that oligarchs had overrun america gradually, sneakily taking all the wealth and power, controlling the media so that the people didn't fight them off, until hostile foreign oligarchs eventually took advantage of the situation and infiltrated everywhere there was power, even the political system of america.
Drunk on greed, the american oligarchs had been promised that the foreign oligarchs only wanted to rob the people too and it would be mutually beneficial, but by the time anyone realised their true intentions, it was too late.
You might want to work on your Critical Thinking Skills, they are obviously lacking.
It just bewilders me and I'm fairly conservative. He's so awful. I understand why people voted for him over the dem candidates cos they were awful. But genuinely loving him?????? Can't fathom it
I'll bite...
expand on this?
Biden was weak and lacked charisma, a lot of people don't like that. Kamala wasn't inspiring and swapping her in just before election was unstable. Plus lets be honest, a chunk of people wouldnt vote for a black woman. I didn't speak to many people that could name any of their policies.
Trump is aggressive and a bully to me, but seems strong to others. He had clear messages and gave some effective soundbites.
I think Trump is one of the worst things to happen to the world this century, but I understand the reasons people are drawn to him over the dem candidates.
reasonable critique. I would, however, say that his messages were entirely obfuscated, e.g. when placed into firm context by project 2025 he did the whole "I barely know him" BS - but, like any snake oil salesman, encouraged people to assume what they wanted to assume.
without going into the terrible history of politics, hegemony and empire in the us, harris and walz were pretty run of the mill centrist players - i.e. more of the same.
trump captured the undereducated/underinformed/otherist/accelerationist/populist rage and deftly parried those voters (and the the rest of us) into the gaping wolf maw.
I am decidedly not a conservative and thanks for the expanded explanation. much appreciated.
You're welcome. He really is a snake oil salesman, and he's fucking good at it. I'm pretty certain he's a psychopath and academic research I've read says corporate ones destroy and move on. They're often horrible bullies to staff and I've no doubt working for him is toxic.
The Republican party self selects for idiots that believe their feelings instead of facts, he isn't even that great a bullshitter, he simply has a captive audience that has spent so long repeating things they know aren't true that they're pot committed to believing anything that makes them feel good. Mostly that means they have to pretend everyone else is as criminally minded and self-serving as they are.
Could you honestly talk to most people who would know Trump's policies.
No, most people just aren't IME. I have met people that could name some though, which is more than they could for the dems