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Are you saying there was a worse option than Trump? Really? Because unless the alternative option was a diminutive Austrian with a dodgy 'tache, I find that r

by GJim 1mo ago

Are you saying there was a worse option than Trump? Really? Because unless the alternative option was a diminutive Austrian with a dodgy 'tache, I find that rather hard to believe. The reality is America voted for Trump (TWICE!) because they wanted him. The rest of the world knows this, and is now acting accordingly. EDIT: Downvotes coming from the brainwashed MAGA crowd!

SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago
I disagree not because "brainwashed MAGA crowd" but because people saying "it can't be worse" are almost always wrong. Unless you're starving in the ruins of your house in one of the world's war zones, in which case you're likely focussed on survival, not saying that. Pick any of the leader's third-rate third-tier henchmen or failsons for example of a worse option. Don't dismiss it out of hand. People in the UK voted for Brexit because "well it can't be worse, can it?" They were suckers. I don't disagree with the "The reality is" line.
- basisword 1mo ago
  >> People in the UK voted for Brexit because "well it can't be worse, can it?" They were suckers. I don't think that's true it all. They were promised that it would be better and sold pretty obvious lies. Same applies to Trump. Unfortunately the intelligence of the average voter is now at the bottom of the barrel and I wouldn't expect that to improve soon. Just look at the support people like Andrew Tate get among young people.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago
    > don't think that's true it all. It's not true of them all, but it definitely is true of at least some of them. I know this because I heard it said in those words in a vox pops interview shortly before the Brexit vote.
- triceratops 1mo ago
  > Pick any of the leader's third-rate third-tier henchmen or failsons for example of a worse option But none of them were on the presidential ballot in 2016, 2020, or 2024.* *Under one of the two parties that has any chance of actually winning.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago
    Sure, but wait for 2028.

by GJim 1mo ago

SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago

I disagree not because "brainwashed MAGA crowd" but because people saying "it can't be worse" are almost always wrong. Unless you're starving in the ruins of your house in one of the world's war zones, in which case you're likely focussed on survival, not saying that. Pick any of the leader's third-rate third-tier henchmen or failsons for example of a worse option. Don't dismiss it out of hand. People in the UK voted for Brexit because "well it can't be worse, can it?" They were suckers. I don't disagree with the "The reality is" line.

basisword 1mo ago
>> People in the UK voted for Brexit because "well it can't be worse, can it?" They were suckers. I don't think that's true it all. They were promised that it would be better and sold pretty obvious lies. Same applies to Trump. Unfortunately the intelligence of the average voter is now at the bottom of the barrel and I wouldn't expect that to improve soon. Just look at the support people like Andrew Tate get among young people.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago
  > don't think that's true it all. It's not true of them all, but it definitely is true of at least some of them. I know this because I heard it said in those words in a vox pops interview shortly before the Brexit vote.
triceratops 1mo ago
> Pick any of the leader's third-rate third-tier henchmen or failsons for example of a worse option But none of them were on the presidential ballot in 2016, 2020, or 2024.* *Under one of the two parties that has any chance of actually winning.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1mo ago
  Sure, but wait for 2028.