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No, I don't think that. Do you remember all the insane theories about what Trump was going to do if he got elected in 2016? What differentiates your theory her

No, I don't think that. Do you remember all the insane theories about what Trump was going to do if he got elected in 2016? What differentiates your theory here from the millions of incorrect theories we heard 8 years ago? For the most part, Trumps first presidency was normal. The biggest thing people say against it is generally that the US wasn't prepared for the pandemic. Well, no one was, I'm not sure why anyone would think a Democrat in the White House would have changed everything.

mindslight 2y ago
You're using "all the insane theories" as a blatant straw man. Of course the cacophonous social media industrial complex generated endless rage bait. The fact that most of it was noise doesn't indicate much. We wouldn't say that a priori criticism of the philosophies of Clinton or Biden had no merit due to being amongst stories about how they're literal lizards. The main overarching themes of criticism were that Trump had an autocratic mentality, looked up to dictators, appeased foreign interests, would paralyze federal agencies, and wouldn't be quick to step away from power. Those dynamics actually did end up playing out, with things like just standing by while China destroyed Hong Kong a few decades early, race riots were inflamed by a federal rejection of law and order, divisive anti-leadership during Covid, and culminating in what is hard to explain as anything other than a coup attempt when his poor performance cost him the election. Even being a libertarian (and highly sympathetic to many of the issues he was building support by paying lip service to), given that we all take the US/USG-led western order for granted for our generally high standard of living, and given that China (and its junior partner Russia) have been all too happy to step into any power vacuums made by our missteps, I'm highly inclined to not pull the threads of western civilization any further.

mindslight 2y ago

You're using "all the insane theories" as a blatant straw man. Of course the cacophonous social media industrial complex generated endless rage bait. The fact that most of it was noise doesn't indicate much. We wouldn't say that a priori criticism of the philosophies of Clinton or Biden had no merit due to being amongst stories about how they're literal lizards. The main overarching themes of criticism were that Trump had an autocratic mentality, looked up to dictators, appeased foreign interests, would paralyze federal agencies, and wouldn't be quick to step away from power. Those dynamics actually did end up playing out, with things like just standing by while China destroyed Hong Kong a few decades early, race riots were inflamed by a federal rejection of law and order, divisive anti-leadership during Covid, and culminating in what is hard to explain as anything other than a coup attempt when his poor performance cost him the election. Even being a libertarian (and highly sympathetic to many of the issues he was building support by paying lip service to), given that we all take the US/USG-led western order for granted for our generally high standard of living, and given that China (and its junior partner Russia) have been all too happy to step into any power vacuums made by our missteps, I'm highly inclined to not pull the threads of western civilization any further.