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> the people have no power now There's always the midterms. Politicians shouldn't get too complacent if their party screws up.
by klipt 2y ago
> the people have no power now
There's always the midterms. Politicians shouldn't get too complacent if their party screws up.
- llamaimperative 2y agoDefinitely, which is why it's important to identify when politicians put the American public at risk like this. The connections between random high-level government actions don't easily map to real world outcomes for most people.
- lynndotpy 2y agoFor sure. What I meant to articulate was that the admin is the only one it makes sense to point to. Saying "the electorate is stupid!" has no utility other than catharsis, though.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoWhat else are you trying to say with “not in a position to clearly anticipate the ramifications”?
- johnnyanmac 2y agoMore accurate to say "people are selfish" if you want slightly less charged language. The common sentiment I hear is "I was doing better in 2020 than I was in 2024" and that was all the impotous to make people vote "not Biden". That mindset makes sense on a surface level. So it's not stupidity. But the lack of introspection on if Biden made things worse or simply stopped things from getting much much worse was definitely not taken into account. I'd personally call it stupidity. But it doesn't mean people are stupid overall.
- lynndotpy 2y agoI think it's incorrect to say "this is what the plurality wanted". I think very few, if any, Trump voters thought "Trump will be worse for public health and tuberculosis is something I want more of in America."