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This is doomer mentality. We've had people challenging elections results since the 1800s. We've had governors lock themselves in their office and refuse to leav
by bobthebuilders 6y ago
This is doomer mentality. We've had people challenging elections results since the 1800s. We've had governors lock themselves in their office and refuse to leave. We've had presidents that went on war to push their ratings up. We've endured a lot. We'll endure more.
- forgot_user1234 6y agoit happens slowly at first, then all at once. Y'all in US haven't seen a political turmoil. Rest of the world has and we all are just pattern matching.
- Barrin92 6y agoI think doomer mentality more accurately describes normalizing what is happening right now under "we've endured a lot". Yeah the US has endured a civil war too, my guess is most people aren't to keen to living through another one and booking it under "we'll endure more". This is not normal, and dysfunction does not deserve to be glorified.
- newacct583 6y agoYes, but all that stuff was bad. This is bad too. The fact that the active president and governing party are FAILING to successfully use extra-legal means to stay in power following a failed election is still a bad thing. And dismissing this as "doomer mentality" is just inviting a more competent maladministration to try this again.
- uniqueid 6y agoWe've endured a lot. We'll endure more. Maybe. Maybe not. That's why I like this article: the author's certainty that the worst will happen is wrong, but no more wrong than the certainty that things can only get so bad.