Tom Clancy’s US Politics Thread

It's all just noise though isn't it. People already deep in that culture will just use it to reaffirm their belief that he's one of them and the other side will just point out the sideshow that it is but all this stuff doesn't move the needle either way. I still wonder how bent the actual polls are.

The only thing I wonder is despite the fact that it's a franchisee owned outlet I wonder how pissed the McD HQ is.

lol

"He's so authentic, he's just as big a dip shit as me!" - Trump voters.

That's the whole thing, isn't it. There's a large amount of people (not just in the US) that have felt angrier and angrier as the world slowly became more progressive and their beliefs were left further and further behind (with good reason usually, but bear with me).

And then along comes Trump. He's crass, outspoken, has (had) some twisted charisma, and (outwardly) hates what they hate and likes what they like. He's "just like [them] fr fr", with one crucial difference: he is (or at least projects the image of being) rich, powerful, successful. He makes them believe that their backwards mindset is good, that it can succeed. He tells them everything they want to hear, and in doing so (and with a big apparatus of those who would benefit from his rule supporting him) legitimises and unites them.

And what has this led to? A chunk of Americans having lost their filter and common sense, fanatically voting for their own detriment no matter what Trump says anymore (FFS he's straight up cursing them out in his rallies!*) because the "others" will eat shit too, and yet more people in other countries agreeing with them, and oligarchs and tyrants the world over licking their lips at the prospect of Trump 2.0/POTUS Vance wrecking America.

The crazies of each village, that used to be mocked in the town square, have found each other, banded together and are striking back... And may whatever higher power is laughing at the absurdity help the rest of us if they win.

Isn't it also what the Democrats want though? They want to get as many of their voters as possible out the door, and the closer a Trump win looks, the more likely it is to worry people enough to go and vote.
They've been worried about voter complacency.

JuniorFE

Nothing new in there obviously but I really enjoyed that post. An excellent distillation.

Another good reality check on polling

bad-faith-times.ghost.io/you-are-being-manipulated-by-bad-faith-pollsters/

Collective dementia might be a more apt term.

To think some people are against the use of AI

People always vote for what’s good for them now. It’s a minority that would vote for something that makes things worse for them but better for the whole.

Are you sure that is a summary of his day at McDonalds and not his presidency? I mean it is light on all the various criminal activities but it still reads as an absolutely useless cunt.

And the bbc are right there to make it a bigger story than it should be. All over breakfast show and Radio 4 this morning despite it already being established it doesn’t constitute election interference and always been done. Someone really needs to get hold of their editorial policy.