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Trump’s success is largely a reaction. The democrats need to change and run a compelling alternative, and I see no evidence that will happen any time soon. Th
by orionsbelt 1y ago
Trump’s success is largely a reaction.
The democrats need to change and run a compelling alternative, and I see no evidence that will happen any time soon.
The democrats and the left have, among other issues:
- refused to run legitimate primaries, instead propping up Hillary when she was unpopular, Biden when he was senile, and Kamala when she was also unpopular and a clearly bad candidate
- wasted a lot of goodwill advocating for policies that are unpopular with the center of the country, including trans in woman sports, the border, and crime
- ignored, minimized or outright spoke down to half the country (the “deplorables”)
- spent decades advocating globalization and ignoring the economic effects on half the country
What compelling democratic candidate is there to run in 2028? What is the compelling Democratic vision? The only fresh new charismatic faces I see are AOC and Mamdani; and while I think they are impressive politicians, those types of policies will not win over the center of the country and would lose in any national elections.
- tastyface 1y agoIf senility was a dealbreaker, Trump would not have won. The things that come out of his mouth are literally insane. And I don’t know what the center of the country looks like, either. If the center favored careful, conservative policies, Trump would not have won. Politics no longer make sense to me. I say Democrats should just run the candidate with the most charisma and fuck everything else.
- orionsbelt 1y agoCompared to past standards, Trump and Biden were arguably both too old to run in 2020 and had obvious signs of age-related cognitive decline. But they were regular old, not senile. Biden clearly got much worse throughout his presidency, declining to a level that was obviously too far, even for the left. Trump is not there yet, although I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets there during his presidency. “Politics no longer make sense to me. I say Democrats should just run the candidate with the most charisma and fuck everything else.” Personally, I think they should focus on running candidates that have the best chance of winning. Politics is a competition!
- tastyface 1y agoTrump is *far* less coherent than Biden ever was. This has pretty much always been the case. However, he is energetic and confident when he spews his word salad speeches, which I guess the polity reacts positively to.