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Sorry, but I wasn't attacking wealthy people, nor capitalism (but would be willing to poke at 'em for fun some other time). > that huge blocks of the rest of t
by pstuart 4y ago
Sorry, but I wasn't attacking wealthy people, nor capitalism (but would be willing to poke at 'em for fun some other time).
> that huge blocks of the rest of the country (and world) vote with their ballots or feet or both for very poorly-articulated policies and agendas
My point is that the policies and agendas seem to be driven more on anger than on structural policies that will enrich their lives.
I'm trying desperately to not engage in any sort of partisanship here, but I'm not aware of any significant policies from the previous administration that actually made their lives better.
It's been shown that fear (and anger) are powerful motivators: https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/fear-motivator-elections https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/fear-motivator-elections
tl;dr -- fear+anger > economics/domestic policy
- WalterBright 4y agoPoliticians are well aware that people vote based on emotional appeals, and take full advantage of it.
- pstuart 4y agoOk, but I'm asking about what actual policies are "those people" voting on? I'm just seeing the fear and anger bits.
- WalterBright 4y agoTrump's tax cuts correlated with prosperity and very low unemployment.
- pstuart 4y agoCorrelated. There's plenty to discuss in depth there but let's just stick to enumerating high-level policy/programs that we're being voted for, e.g., "Vote for me and I'll give you X, Y, and Z!". I'm trying to understand what X, Y, and Z might be.