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by jaldhar
76 days ago
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Ok Harris and Walz then. I'm not offended by "orange man" etc. which you frequently see here but keeping things at a grown up level is good too. I was specifically responding to you wondering aloud why he hasn't been replaced and why people who (in your opinion) should know better go along with him. I gave some reasons why. To recap: 1. Internationally there is currently no alternative to the US as a superpower and Trump is the leader of the US. 2. Domestically he continues to have a substantial constituency. Some of his polices actually poll better than he does. 3. The potential replacement cannot merely "resist"; they have to actually get elected and that requires having a vision that the electorate endorses. And I would add: 4. Most (or let's say enough) Americans don't feel they are losing as you put it. I believe you when you say you would like to apply the banhammer liberally (haha!) but so you know I come to HN for tech news. Looking at my comment history I do have a lot of political ones but it is in the hopes that I have contributed something to the conversation. Of course whether I succeeded is for the readers to decide. |
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You may not have noticed, but that is changing very rapidly.
> Domestically he continues to have a substantial constituency. Some of his polices actually poll better than he does.
Indeed. Mind boggling, but then again, in many ways not surprising, after all, if Trump 1 wasn't enough to making you think twice about voting for him again probably nothing will.
> The potential replacement cannot merely "resist"; they have to actually get elected and that requires having a vision that the electorate endorses.
Yes, here's my proposed vision for the electorate: normal. All this megalomaniacal nonsense is just causing more and more problems, both inside the USA and outside of it and unfortunately we don't get to vote in US elections but we do end up living with the consequences.
> Most (or let's say enough) Americans don't feel they are losing as you put it.
Give it more time. Clearly, there is some degree of insulation from the consequences, but I'd love to have an actual seance with one of the Founding Fathers that the USA so reveres to get their $0.02 on whether or not this is what they were aiming for. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I think the answer might surprise the MAGA's.
Nice you caught the pun and thank you for making a move in the right direction with respect to the level of conversation, it's appreciated.