Azdeus Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 4 hours ago, Malcador said: Kinda sad, not to mention cringe, Trump killed more Americans than the last 110 years of wars and these knobs are celebrating him. Ick. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Also gorgon Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 3 hours ago, Hurlshort said: I wonder if maybe Biden stepped aside too early? Kamala had a big bump right when they switched, and it faded. But hey, armchair quarterbacking won't change the results. I think he stepped aside too late, he made a fool out of himself and she failed to distance herself enough from him. There wasn't really time. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 6 hours ago, Raithe said: One of the German papers has a single word as their headline. It starts with F and ends in K. 6 hours ago, rjshae said: Fabrik? Fettsack? 2 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 6 hours ago, rjshae said: I think Biden would just have lost by a larger margin. His polls were scraping bottom at 38.5% approval rating; they flipped back in 2021 (with the withdrawal from Afghanistan) and have never recovered. There was nobody else to step into his place other than Harris, and she and Biden controlled the campaign budget. If there had been more time, maybe Harris could have built more of a coalition. She gave it a good run, given the limited time available. Biden would have been a much worse candidate, he was not mentally capable of ever being the US president for another 4 years Trump won for the obvious reasons, the real and perceived failures on issues that most Americans attribute to the Dems because its the incumbent party Thats just the way the politics and elections work in any Democracy where you have free and fair elections and sometimes the incumbent party gets blamed unfairly and sometimes its legitimate In this election the inflation issue was not primarily the Dems fault because the whole world went through inflation after the virus lockdowns ended and this takes time to stabilize But the illegal migration and border failures falls on the Dems and thats unavoidable even if solution is not easy to fix, I am interested to see what Trump will do and how much impact it will make And then one thing that is clear is that the Dems fearmongering strategy against Trump is ineffective and unconvincing. Most Americans just dont believe the whole " how can anyone vote for Trump, he will destroy America " Because the counter argument to that is " things seemed better under Trump, Im not convinced he will destroy the US " "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago How does the saying go? You have the government you deserve? “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago I gave up expecting much re: the "general population" intelligence ratio a long time ago. Especially in terms of actual lasting effects. Individuals can/do some remarkable things, but en masse we tend to be irrational idiots. LC, spreading her positivity everywhere! 1 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 15 hours ago, Raithe said: One of the German papers has a single word as their headline. It starts with F and ends in K. Probably means Fritz Katzmann: Fritz Katzmann - Wikipedia Friggin nazis are everywhere! 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuuhhii Posted 22 minutes ago Share Posted 22 minutes ago 1 hour ago, LadyCrimson said: I gave up expecting much re: the "general population" intelligence ratio a long time ago. Especially in terms of actual lasting effects. Individuals can/do some remarkable things, but en masse we tend to be irrational idiots. LC, spreading her positivity everywhere! the self destruct instinct are both personal and communal a single person often have enough shame to hide their worst a group of idiot will loudly and proudly show their worst for their fellow to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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