• @ChonkyOwlbear
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    166 hours ago

    The one core reason is that 73 million Americans are vile ignorant pieces of human garbage.

    • @[email protected]
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      Or, maybe it has something to do with who owns print and broadcast media, social media and other algorithmic psyop structures, and is leaning hard on educational curricula.

      The social narrative. The information water most people swim in. It’s owned by the adversaries of universal suffrage.

  • @[email protected]
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    248 hours ago

    TL;DR Inflation in 2021 got incorrectly blamed on Biden. Most incumbents in democracies worldwide got a popularity hit in the past 2 years.

  • @jordanlundM
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    107 hours ago

    “The reason this election swung so much to Donald Trump is that we had severe inflation at the beginning of the Biden presidency, people pinned that (incorrectly) on Biden”

    No… This goes back to 1992: “It’s the economy, STUPID!”

    After 3% inflation on top of 3% inflation on top of 9% inflation, people told Biden they were hurting.

    Biden’s reaction? “We now have the strongest economy in the world.”

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/25/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-second-quarter-2024-gdp/

    When Harris was asked if she’d do anything different, she said:

    “There is not a thing that comes to mind,” Harris said. “I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”

    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/not-a-thing-that-comes-to-mind-harris-says-she-wouldnt-do-anything-differently-from-biden-over-past-four-years/

    You can’t dismiss valid economic concerns and expect to be re-elected.

  • @yesman
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    25 hours ago

    “low-information” voter is anti democratic rhetoric. It’s an argument that some votes should count more than others. Or that some voters are better than others. First time I heard the phrase was on Rush Limbaugh like 20 years ago. I’ve been disturbed how often “progressives” adopt this bullshit mentality.