Nice analysis unacknowledged by Biden and Harris and their teams. So, short of the elimination of Murdoch and Musk, what is the way forward? Or are we doomed to Trump mafia government until the Dems set up their own mafia machine?
Alas I am not sure that there is any appetite in the unwashed masses to get access to to more valid news and data, as the black hole of the Right Wing echo chamber is a warm embrace for those who prefer to not have to exercise their mental facilities.
"I know Ran Prieur has frequently talked about the effect of too much comfort and safety and the need for excitement, even if it means irrationally burning everything down..."
So many of your criticisms (including this line) can be applied to the Left over the past decade. I know because I was a committed Democrat up until around 2014 when it became clear that the Democratic Party veered off into cuckoo land, arriving at a place where it ideologically hates whites, hates men, and hates America. There have been countless stories of people "waking up" to this fact over the past decade, or getting smashed in the face by it - from Uri Berliner and Donald McNeil to Joe Rogan, Bill Maher, and even James Carville.
The other big development has been the fusion of the Democratic Party with the neoliberal deep-state imperial bureaucracy. Ask yourself why else guys like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi have been rooting for the defeat of the Democratic machine.
There is a lot going on here that you are just missing. It's true that the lowest common denominator of Trump supporter is an irrational knuckle-dragger, which is almost by definition true of low end of both parties' voter bases. What has changed from 2016 is that Trump and MAGA have built a substantial mass of support among elite outcasts from the Left.
Trump isn't going to become a dictator, that's too preposterous a prospect to be worth entertaining. The actual results of the Revenge Tour will be hardly uniformly positive, but things needed to be shaken up.
You are wrong, I think. My very well-off brother, in NC, is all the things Prieur described: so comfortable but he needs a new enemy and is happy to burn down what is good because he surrounds himself with conservative Christianity, is part of the bodybuilding culture (cult) and is a pseudo-intellectual who have decided everything is bad.
Please don't minimize the actual state of the economy, just because some of the professional class, and investor class is doing well, doesn't mean most people are doing well. Everything costs a lot more. The Democrats lost because they threw the working class under the bus. I voted for NEITHER.
I'm glad you mentioned Bernie too and the Dem party's betrayal of the working class. Americans unable to afford groceries didn't react to well, to the message of the Dem party that everything's going great jack.
I'm a bit disappointed you don't see through the Covid tyranny/Covid vaxx dangers. It surprises me. I've been a fan and reader for years.
Both parties are for the oligarchy and no one else.
Help me understand how Dems betrayed the working class? IMHO, as referenced in the article above, they did not educate themselves…the scrolled headlines and did not educate themselves. Also, how is it that Black working class women knew not to vote for the clown but others did not?
read my article above. Gaslighting people telling them the economy was great as people could no longer afford rent and food. More African Americans voted for Trump, not that I support Trump but they knew they were let down. If poverty for white working class has reached untenable levels, what do you think it's doing to African American dominant inner city areas?a
I’m still looking for evidence that the economy was bad. Re-read the article. It does an excellent job of explaining why people chose to believe the economy is bad when in fact the numbers continue to show the opposite!!!
hmm retired teacher, loves to travel, most likely a boomer, paid well in a suburban school district. Has expendable income, homeownership etc, other generations don't have. I know the type, liberal to the max. Can't even admit reality. You probably live in a bubble surrounded by others just as well-off as you. Tired of well-off clueless liberals ignoring what has happened to working class people, disabled and others and how much poorer younger generations are.
I need to be done speaking with brainwashed people, I have noticed you ignore everything people tell you and just repeat what you read on the news. It's a hopeless endeavor. I wonder what happened to Hipcrime too he used to question the system, maybe blood brain barrier got crossed with mRNA.
Ah yes what a thrill to have another wealthy liberal tell me I am just imagining my own crushing bills and the fact everything has gone up in price by the extreme. Some of us are living the bad economy for ourselves everyday. Talk about lies. And you all still can't get why Kamala lost? Sheesh what a joke! It is bad, there's so many businesses closing around here it's not funny, there's no jobs, everything costs a lot more. Maybe it's good for you, but not for most.
I read the democrat crap articles already of the "good" economy, multiple times. just because a thin sliver of people are making out like bandits because of the stock market does not mean the economy is good for the average person.
Nice analysis unacknowledged by Biden and Harris and their teams. So, short of the elimination of Murdoch and Musk, what is the way forward? Or are we doomed to Trump mafia government until the Dems set up their own mafia machine?
Spot on, well connected, and damning.
Alas I am not sure that there is any appetite in the unwashed masses to get access to to more valid news and data, as the black hole of the Right Wing echo chamber is a warm embrace for those who prefer to not have to exercise their mental facilities.
"I know Ran Prieur has frequently talked about the effect of too much comfort and safety and the need for excitement, even if it means irrationally burning everything down..."
So many of your criticisms (including this line) can be applied to the Left over the past decade. I know because I was a committed Democrat up until around 2014 when it became clear that the Democratic Party veered off into cuckoo land, arriving at a place where it ideologically hates whites, hates men, and hates America. There have been countless stories of people "waking up" to this fact over the past decade, or getting smashed in the face by it - from Uri Berliner and Donald McNeil to Joe Rogan, Bill Maher, and even James Carville.
The other big development has been the fusion of the Democratic Party with the neoliberal deep-state imperial bureaucracy. Ask yourself why else guys like Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi have been rooting for the defeat of the Democratic machine.
There is a lot going on here that you are just missing. It's true that the lowest common denominator of Trump supporter is an irrational knuckle-dragger, which is almost by definition true of low end of both parties' voter bases. What has changed from 2016 is that Trump and MAGA have built a substantial mass of support among elite outcasts from the Left.
Trump isn't going to become a dictator, that's too preposterous a prospect to be worth entertaining. The actual results of the Revenge Tour will be hardly uniformly positive, but things needed to be shaken up.
You are wrong, I think. My very well-off brother, in NC, is all the things Prieur described: so comfortable but he needs a new enemy and is happy to burn down what is good because he surrounds himself with conservative Christianity, is part of the bodybuilding culture (cult) and is a pseudo-intellectual who have decided everything is bad.
What's wrong with bodybuilding?
Some great points above.
I suggest adding criticisms aimed at Democrat leadership, as this lengthy piece does.
https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/the-ragnarok-of-liberal-democracy
Please don't minimize the actual state of the economy, just because some of the professional class, and investor class is doing well, doesn't mean most people are doing well. Everything costs a lot more. The Democrats lost because they threw the working class under the bus. I voted for NEITHER.
https://fivehundredpoundpeeps.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-democratic-party-lost-for-betraying.html
I'm glad you mentioned Bernie too and the Dem party's betrayal of the working class. Americans unable to afford groceries didn't react to well, to the message of the Dem party that everything's going great jack.
I'm a bit disappointed you don't see through the Covid tyranny/Covid vaxx dangers. It surprises me. I've been a fan and reader for years.
Both parties are for the oligarchy and no one else.
Help me understand how Dems betrayed the working class? IMHO, as referenced in the article above, they did not educate themselves…the scrolled headlines and did not educate themselves. Also, how is it that Black working class women knew not to vote for the clown but others did not?
read my article above. Gaslighting people telling them the economy was great as people could no longer afford rent and food. More African Americans voted for Trump, not that I support Trump but they knew they were let down. If poverty for white working class has reached untenable levels, what do you think it's doing to African American dominant inner city areas?a
I’m still looking for evidence that the economy was bad. Re-read the article. It does an excellent job of explaining why people chose to believe the economy is bad when in fact the numbers continue to show the opposite!!!
hmm retired teacher, loves to travel, most likely a boomer, paid well in a suburban school district. Has expendable income, homeownership etc, other generations don't have. I know the type, liberal to the max. Can't even admit reality. You probably live in a bubble surrounded by others just as well-off as you. Tired of well-off clueless liberals ignoring what has happened to working class people, disabled and others and how much poorer younger generations are.
I need to be done speaking with brainwashed people, I have noticed you ignore everything people tell you and just repeat what you read on the news. It's a hopeless endeavor. I wonder what happened to Hipcrime too he used to question the system, maybe blood brain barrier got crossed with mRNA.
Ah yes what a thrill to have another wealthy liberal tell me I am just imagining my own crushing bills and the fact everything has gone up in price by the extreme. Some of us are living the bad economy for ourselves everyday. Talk about lies. And you all still can't get why Kamala lost? Sheesh what a joke! It is bad, there's so many businesses closing around here it's not funny, there's no jobs, everything costs a lot more. Maybe it's good for you, but not for most.
I read the democrat crap articles already of the "good" economy, multiple times. just because a thin sliver of people are making out like bandits because of the stock market does not mean the economy is good for the average person.