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I'm not from the US, which is why I've been carefully considering what to say. In this overheated political landscape, it can be misinterpreted as interference. I will mostly share my observations. I prefer reading to writing. Sometimes, I notice things others might easily miss. There was a gigantic wave of optimism, a tsunami of hope when Kamala Harris entered the race. I'm not talking about the official statements and the media spin, but about the tone of comments from the regular people. 7 comments
For some reason, millions of the US voters decided to stay home this time. Unfortunately, it's a recurring pattern around the globe: sane politicians try to appeal to the insane crowd on the other side. In the process, they start saying things that aren't in line with their own principles and promises. This translates into marginal gains at best, but at the cost of alienating many of the previously faithful followers. Your core is not a faceless crowd. It's people, and people have their limits. We need some kind of global "politics 101" class that will explain to every would be national leader that no, you can't gain support from both sides. Those who came before you were not less smart or able than you are. If it were possible to make the other side to change their mind, it would've been done long ago.  @madeindex @sensiblequiet here in Brazil, now (and from some years) there's an "life project" class on high school, that's basically a "how to get rich 101”, but basically incentives things like uber driving, onlyfans, etc... @madeindex it's part of "Novo ensino médio" (something like "new high school"), a government program that started years ago (just before Bolsonaro gov, that implemented a greater part of it)... |
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Then she went on stage in that debate, and she said yeah, we need more fracking. That moment, all the grassroots energy simply died down. There was a very short lag, a few days maybe, when people still tried to convince themselves. Then nothing. Just endless "Trump is bad".
Yes, Trump is really bad. Trump is a catastrophe. But he hasn't gained voters compared to 2020. It would be very easy to beat him by mobilizing the same number of left-leaning people that came out to vote four years ago.