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>> 60% of people are actively rooting for their country to do worse whenever their guy is not in charge. > What are you basing this statement on? No way is it

>> 60% of people are actively rooting for their country to do worse whenever their guy is not in charge. > What are you basing this statement on? No way is it 60%, more like 6% of the population, but perhaps 0.6%! I think what he probably meant was 30% at any given time, and in my rough estimation, he actually might be right. It's the difference between feeling that way, and being loud about it on Twitter. I mean, can you imagine a committed liberal wanting the country to do better under a conservative politician with conservative policies? No, of course not, they want liberal policies. So they want the conservative to fail, and the country to do worse as a result, so the electorate will be unhappy and vote for a liberal next time. Then they can get their preferred liberal policies.

leereeves 4y ago
There are others who are actively rooting for the country to do better, so much so that they'll deny reality to make it seem so. No, it's not a pandemic. No, it's not a recession. But can't we do better here on HN, and discuss the state of the economy without petty partisan arguments?
- colpabar 4y ago
  You forgot "no, he's not the president, he's a russian plant"
  - archagon 4y ago
koheripbal 4y ago
Social media partisanship, when juiced by foreign influence campaigns, not only alter the online conversation - they make it impossible to know the "real" sentiment in the country. Too many news media outlets start their daily reporting from "what's trending on twitter", not appreciating the degree to which those trends are being pushed by malicious parties (both foreign and domestic), and in no way represent the real dialogue Americans are having. The FBI has published numerous reports on explicit online influence campaigns carried out by foreign organizations attempting to polarize US domestic online dialogues. ...and they do this be radicalizing the conversations on both sides.

leereeves 4y ago

There are others who are actively rooting for the country to do better, so much so that they'll deny reality to make it seem so. No, it's not a pandemic. No, it's not a recession. But can't we do better here on HN, and discuss the state of the economy without petty partisan arguments?

colpabar 4y ago
You forgot "no, he's not the president, he's a russian plant"
- archagon 4y ago

koheripbal 4y ago

Social media partisanship, when juiced by foreign influence campaigns, not only alter the online conversation - they make it impossible to know the "real" sentiment in the country. Too many news media outlets start their daily reporting from "what's trending on twitter", not appreciating the degree to which those trends are being pushed by malicious parties (both foreign and domestic), and in no way represent the real dialogue Americans are having. The FBI has published numerous reports on explicit online influence campaigns carried out by foreign organizations attempting to polarize US domestic online dialogues. ...and they do this be radicalizing the conversations on both sides.