Idiocracy touched on this idea in a satirical way, but it raises a genuine concern: without a well-informed, engaged, and critically thinking public, democratic systems flounder. Education provides not only knowledge but also the skills for critical thinking, empathy, and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue. A healthy democracy relies on people who can discern facts from misinformation, evaluate complex issues, and vote with a sense of collective responsibility. When education fails, it leaves people more vulnerable to manipulation and reduces their ability to hold leaders accountable.
Which is why Republicans have been starving teachers for decades. They know that if they calmly explained what their _real_ policies were, no one would vote for them, so they've embraced black propaganda and the "privatization" of ..well .. everything. You can't win with only the votes of the 1% which is their real constituency, so they've openly embraced blatant lies and corruption. Then they lucked into a more effective con man than even Reagan.
That's a misguided response. Yes, it's true that educational standards are dire in the US, but *more importantly* you need good candidates to win. The Democrats haven't produced good candidates for over ten years now.
54% of adult Americans have the reading level of a 10 year old and 21% are functioning illiterate.....79% of US adults have English literacy skills sufficient to complete tasks that require comparing and contrasting information, paraphrasing, and making low-level inferences. These numbers are dated from 2022 from American National Literacy Institute. Terrifying
well I mean Muslims upset about Gaza voting for him? We know there won't be a Gaza anymore but they asked for it. 'black jobs" I mean come on... ACA well bet you bunch of these ppl can't afford healthcare... Well they asked for change so you shall get it
Strong Man Politics has proven yet again to override democracy. Julius Caesar, Napoleon, etc. People beg you to take their freedom away if you promise to fix all their problems. The point of a free democracy is for the people to work together to solve their own problems, not elect some wonder man to solve it all for you
Biden and the Democratic party brought this upon themselves by their lawfare and rhetoric against Trump that was just totally over the top and turned regular voters against people crying "Hitler". This result was predictable to people who were paying attention.
Stupid science, who needs science when Trump has a sharpie to alter hurricane paths. Give the people what they want, this is democracy in action when you have a dim electorate.
Ignorance and vengeance won tonight. We should all thank McConnell. Had he acted as a leader during the second impeachment and supported trump’s conviction and ban from office, we wouldn’t be here.
McConnell enabled the grifter and then turns around saying he’s too dangerous to get elected a week ago. I do not think there were any Undecided voters, just peps afraid to admit they’re misogynist bigots, like in 2016. Dem’s gaslighting of the economy didnt help nor the media’s sane washing.
@@theborg2638 someday you guys will stop accusing your fellow countrymen of being russian. someday you will realize they are just like you, and you are just like them!
Can't wait for RFK Jr. to make lots of great decisions about healthcare. Big win for anti-vaxxers and anti-science people in general. Speaking of anti-science, we can kiss taking climate change seriously goodbye.
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The GOP Senate might not let RFK have the job. Remember that appointees have to go through the Senate and now the factions within the Republican party will be jockying for power.
Lol, vaccines are not without risk, and anyone saying otherwise has swallowed the lies of the vax manufacturers. RFK has repeatedly stated that his position is not to ban vaccines but to promote information about their risks and side effects so that people (especially parents) can make informed decisions. Science is not some divine entity not to be questioned as liberals treat it, but a system of gaining knowledge best practiced by listening to dissenting voices and promoting robust research.
I guess I as a retired white (cat) lady will be fine. I have always considered Colorado my home, but now I fear for those citizens, *especially* those who voted Trump. People will die.
Unfortunately he intends to impose tariffs, which grows into trade wars which then grow into higher costs, interest rates, unemployment and poverty. We, who don't live in the USA will be affected too.
Impossible. This country has way too much influence. This affects us all. I am as appalled as everyone, but we all need to brace for whatever it is, it is coming to everyone.
The worst part is that it emboldens and provides a playbook for authoritarian and hard right politicians everywhere. It now gets that much harder to hold it back everywhere.
what does that even mean? the education budget is enormous, and yet we all know where in the country that doesn't make any difference. the problem is not a lack of public schools.
You are right. I was optimistic that the US had come to its senses and become a decent place but how wrong I was The Heritage Foundation ghouls will do what they want. Aiee!
@@Paul-nn9ojYou do understand that economists are in overwhelming agreement that Trump’s tariffs will hurt the economy, right? Trump is selling tariffs as an economic snake oil and people eat it up because they don’t understand how anything works.
@@Paul-nn9ojthe economy was already in good shape. low unemployment, inflation down, wage growth outpacing cost increases, stronger covid recovery than anywhere else. a 10 year graph of the Dow is still basically a straight line up with a couple years of dip for covid that didn’t even change the overall slope
I wrote this in another comments section but it feels appropriate to paste it here: I am part of the 'old' left, i.e. the left that cares a lot about economic inequality rather than identity politics. I think the Dems need to look in the mirror. Rather than consider what 'we' think Trump is and how everyone knows this, we have to realize why 'they' would reject 'us'. Here's how it looks to me. The Dems rallied around a VP who was not elected in a primary to complain that democracy was under attack; she refused to distance herself from an unpopular president. In fact, she grouped together a coalition of the old neocons (the name Cheney looms large) with what I'll call the neoliberal Dems. It is these two coalitions that sold the working class out to corporations and to other countries (offshoring) for decades. Then look at the media. Trump poked a bear that made the elite jump into overdrive to support minorities and women - and we were right to do that. But the end result is that it looks like the Dems could care two wits about working-class men. And all of our programs, from SNL to Colbert and beyond (which I watch) just make fun of the one person (Trump) that 'they' feel is actually recognizing their plight. The fact he is a grifter is obvious. But Dems need to stop blaming Trump and racism and misogyny and realize that working-class people (yes, largely but not only white men) are a constituency, too. Until the Dems adopt a message more like Bernie Sanders - someone who turns away from the neoliberal coalition - the Dems will never reach these people. And why should they? For the neoliberal coalition (plus our involvement in wars, which sent working class kids to die) is what got us into this mess. It's time for the Dems to fire the gerontocracy. It's time for new leadership.
You miss the real point which is that for hundreds of years white men ran the show and they want it back. For example billionaire Peter Thiel who bankrolled Vance is quite open about restricting the franchise to ‘useful’ people and he has praised the early America where ‘we the people’ actually meant white property owning males, over the age of 35 and Christian. Statistician Nate Silver two months ago predicted a Trump win and listed 34 reasons. One is that all men (not just working class) have reacted. against the feeling (reality) that woke has deprived them of a guaranteed good job and it’s especially true among white men. They want to return to the day when work was a man’s world and the home the woman’s world. A couple weeks ago ProPublica ran an article on a PAC run by two TX oil billionaires who having made their billions are now pastors of fundamentalist evangelical churches and who espouse a policy of a terrifying mix of billionaire bro and fundamentalist evangelical. They are interviewed and in their PAC the entire leadership is male and when asked they quite openly say ‘a woman’s place is in the home’.
Very well said. Pushing aside Bernie in 2016 was a clear sign that USA is actually a plutocracy, where candidates are "vetted" by the elites before the elections.
I am shocked your comment doesn't have more likes. Instead all I'm getting from others is a sense of pearl clutching and performative distancing from the "idiocratic rabble". Why don't these neolibs and neocons look in the mirror and just admit they do not appeal to anyone working class or young? And I say this as someone who begrudgingly voted for Harris.
NYT… please acknowledge that our lack of a principled Left is a huge part of the reason. We could’ve been finishing Bernie’s 2nd term if people in your political class had taken him seriously.
It's completely delusional to think Bernie could've won the general election. At the ballot box Americans will always choose the economy first and they would've believed his policies would hurt the economy. But you're right that the left has a huge problem, it's just not that they're not principled enough. Their problem is that they've let themselves believe that right and wrong beliefs can be dictated by the collective and that they represent that collective. They thought they were fighting for the rights of the oppressed and anyone standing in the way must be a bigot. Being on the receiving end of that kind of treatment creates a very powerful emotional reaction against this perceived social exclusion and as it turns out the "bigots" are a clear majority. The left must rid itself of this thought policing if they ever want to win an election again.
Not just “taken him seriously,” but if the Democratic Party hadn’t systematically made sure he lost when the left base and most Democratic constituents would have loved to support him and what he represents. Can we admit the Democrats CONTINUE TO LOSE reliably, or maybe every other election at best, because they really are a moderate-right party and that appeals to neither the actual far right wing nor the actual left in the country. We need to make the Democratic Party ACTUALLY a left party going forward or just leave the party. If the Democratic Party can’t defeat Trump, why should people vote for them going forward?
The right has certainly showed us that what we normally think of as “principles” do not really matter. Revenge politics and the drive to get even. That seems to describe the MAGA movement. The USA definitely can no longer be called the leader of the free world. Still a super power, and now a dangerous one to the free world.
And another FOUR years of dealing with a vengeful, erratic person I personally hoped never to see or hear again. I abhor liars, grifters, and anyone who can't respect other people or countries.
Yes, probably a disaster for the US, Ukraine and Europe but don't speak for the rest of us pls. All empires wax and wane. It's just the U.S.A.'s turn. In your nation's and the West's decline a new order will rise and maybe, hopefully it'll be better than the absurd idea of American exceptionalism.
bye bye criminal indictments bye bye ukraine bye bye nato bye bye muslim immigrants bye bye gaza bye bye reproductive rights bye bye supreme court bye bye free speech start kissing a dictator's ass from now on. usa is officially a shithole country. congrats.
I was told by majority of Americans voting that I am not an American. My conservation, animal rights, care for things outside of myself - I am not an American because I don’t share the values of the Americans that would choose a sexual predator.
Conservation was considered a rich man's concern by the left until they realized it makes a great pretext for voiding property rights and instituting totalitarian government. It can be used to justify anything at all. Farm seizures, for example.
Those who voted for Hillary voted for a woman who helped her sexual predator husband publicly humiliate and destroy his accusers in the sight of the whole world. And if you are old enough to have voted for Bill Clinton, you were applauding them both.
More like paying $100-$200 a week on groceries alone, lack of affordable housing, no available jobs, high cost of medical care. It's not just about "eggs" buttercup. 🙄
America's Brexit moment, it feels like. Very depressing. I will try to tune out the coming 4 years. Too bad SCOTUS will be an issue for decades to come...
Not just the judiciary, we are facing the deconstruction of the administrative state. Goodbye to national parks, NOAA weather, NASA, public schools, state universities, interstate highways, coast guard, public health, and so many other things we depend on every day. We take the work that government agencies do for granted. Let's see what happens when these things go away.
@@NhatHuyNg Bernie Sanders actually won the primary but the Democartic pary insisted on giving us Loser Biden. If Bernie had lost the election Trump would not have been eligable to run this time...shame on the Democratic party. Shame, shame, shame on America for electing the second coming of Adolf Hitler
Before all the "har har, lib tears" etc folks roll in, I understand how you feel. Thankfully my stomach is a tad stronger than that (throwing up is the worst), but I totally understand how you feel. Now is this going to affect me all that much? No, I'm a young white guy in Texas, I'm gonna be fine, but it's not about me. I'm scared for those who are different from me, and I'm scared for my friends who this will affect. I'm scared for the future of Ukraine, I'm scared for the women who will need (not want) an abortion and won't be able to get it, I'm scared for the people who will be harassed, assaulted, and even killed by the absolute crazies (there aren't just a ton, but it only takes a few) who feel vindicated by seeing Trump win because they see him as "one of us" and now feel that they can freely attack anyone they want because America is okay with that now. I'm not scared for myself, I'm scared for the people who are different from me, and I'm scared for the immediate future of this country.
I'm grateful I didn't throw up, because I hate doing that! But I feel a pang in the pit of my stomach and on the verge of tears. My only hope is that Trump is as 'good' at not keeping his campaign promises as he was in 2016. However, with Project 2025 looming in the background, my hope is feeble at best.
I truly am ashamed of my fellow countrymen I find it truly amazing that anyone could leave this man in a position their children will look up to making his character an example to what kind of person they should hope to be. His character matters and I do lack the ability to see this part of the discussion.
maybe you are amazed because people you disagree with have different lives and different realities and different priorities than you. maybe your perspective is unique to your own experience and you are lacking the desire or ability to look at things from a perspective other than your own
@@outsidesounds Perhaps, I would not position myself as having subjective opinions that I consider to be equal to objective truths however it could also be argued that based on statements he has made in ways that were seemingly spiteful, derogatory or lewd should have at least in my opinion an impact when it positions him in a place that youth will to some extent idolize and though it may be wishful thinking I would hope at least one other qualified candidate could exist that would be equally in support of conservative policy while also having a generally kinder or more moral character I would like to believe that there could have been a candidate just as correlated to policy helping others situations while also demonstrating a more admirable character however I never claimed my mindset to be objective fact I simply expressed my opinion of concern as a parent in America.
@@outsidesounds"disagree with" "different perspectives" - Trump is a rapist, a fraud, a criminal. He is cruel and stupid, a racist, fascist wannabe dictator. 51% of Americans apparently admire all that. That is not a different reality; it is a surreal cosmic horror nightmare. There is no understanding it or accepting it, only fighting it.
@@michealbock8283 fair point. and i appreciate the respectful response. i would argue that trump is more of a symptom than a cause. for my entire life, the people in power on both sides have been gaslighting the american people to go along with policies that benefit corporations and powerful interests at the expense of the working class. the democrats are supposed to be the party that stands up for the working class but they have become nothing more than vassals for their corporate interests, no different than the establishment republicans. many people are fed up with the gaslighting and are clearly willing to go for the candidate who is abrasive but tells it like he sees it over the nice polished narrative by the people who never live up to their campaign promises.
“You’ve got to be taught to hate”, and so far in American history there’ve always been some people that make sure their kids are carefully taught. For those parents, Trump _is_ a role model.
RFK will be in charge of national health, Gaetz in cabinet, Comer and Jordan elevated, it's a nightmare.....the dark ages are upon us, a pestilence has been unleashed, and fear stalks the land...must we go through THIS !!??
no not only hate won, but the vengeance won. They don't give a shit about America. They just wanted to pay for what happened in 2020 when Trump lost to Biden
It's easier to internalize "the bad guys won, most people just suck" than realize the truth, that everything is harsh and subjective. The future must be won. Look after yourself and your loved ones.
As a 19 year old first time voter, I can affirm that I was woefully disappointed by the age demographics I saw at the polls. I would say there may have been one person within 20 years of me in the sea of voters in line.
@@joelhenry5489 I'm offended you would make that statement while being inaccurate: "Based on the available information, it's not accurate to say that Generation X definitively gave Trump the most amount of his votes in the 2024 election. The search results provide mixed and sometimes conflicting information about Gen X's voting patterns, and there's no clear consensus on whether they were the "Trumpiest" generation."
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In my opinion, it’s not about sanewashing. Trump is the logical conclusion for a country whose “left party” out-fundraises the “right party” from Wall Street and the financial sector. Whose “left” party represents and is fully controlled by highly educated culturally liberal elites who live in their own bubble and advocate for incremental changes. They protect the establishment. The left have become the establishment. They’ve become the machine. They’ve become “the man”.
They better not, or they'll be shut down. Forget 'freedom of the press'. The US just ended all that 'Constitution' stuff. It's over. Now you do as you're told or suffer the consequences.
To me the US has just become ugly. Its part of why i moved overseas, even though i come from a very deep rooted WASP type family. Im thankful for getting a great education and making good money in the US, but the foolishness, nativism, xenophobia and so forth is just revolting. I dont want to be a part of a society like that. I suspect the US has some ugly times ahead, that would have been teue even without Trump. Hes just a symptom of the problem
Some other countries, like France and Germany, have also been facing similar rises in extreme anti-establishment parties. It's not just a US problem, unfortunately
Honestly, the US has always been ugly. All the repulsive things, misogyny, racism, etc, have always been there, at least under the surface if not on the surface. It was often just hidden under a facade of "The American Dream" idyllic image presented in the 50's and on. The US is very good at concealing its sins in the history books.
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The richest 1% weren't rich enough, so we decided to take everything away from the rest of America and make them suffer, so billionaires could gain more power.
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America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
America hasn't changed, it has been the same all along, with deep divisions and authoritarian tendencies. The only difference is that social media gave a louder voice to those that were kept in the shadows and edges of social norms, and with unrestrained freedom of speech, that just emboldened them. There is a good reason to why in Europe, most countries and constitutions have a more careful approach to free speech, because you know... Fascism and all crap that happened over here... Good luck, Murica!
Republicans under Bush and Reagan and even Nixon were always very careful to purposefully exclude racists and conspiracy theorists, as they felt they would poison the Republican ticket for moderates. Clearly not the case, in fact, it only made the Republican party more popular in some ways, which is disheartening.
Pretty accurate statement. America is going to TikTok itself into either an authoritarian shithole or a Balkanized shithole. If we stay on the current path, I feel that this country is going to break up to one degree or another. States like New York and California aren’t going to cooperate with shit like a national abortion ban.
I don’t understand America anymore and I don’t like what I’m seeing. The only conclusion I can make is that Donald Trump is what America is - a bigoted group of people with few if any critical thinking skills. The idea of a virtuous America that I grew up believing in is dead and I’m questioning if it ever existed at all.
It never did. Europe self destructed in the 1st half of 20th century. US was pretty much source of ‘cheap’ goods & labour. It was scientific backwater with few exceptions. Then it got influx of smart people and capitalized on devastation brought by ww2, soviet revolution….I mean its a society that up till late 60s had 15% of its population as de jure 2nd class citizens. At its core Its a society of badly educated bigots, xenophobes,religious nutjobs, ruled by greedy plutocrat. And good riddance .
maybe you don’t understand america because you are trying to put your perspective on everyone instead of trying to understand why people have different opinions. maybe it’s your critical thinking skills are what need further reflection
@@outsidesoundsYes, people in Europe and Australia believed they shared mindset with US citizens. I guess we outside US has to find a post-US mindset. The glorification of US is over.
@@outsidesounds Critical thinking has nothing to do with understanding that America is racist, sexist, criminal, and anti intellectual. Evil has won. Lies and hatred won in America. That can be acknowledged, but it cannot be understood.
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
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I used to think that until I entered (via family) the red bubble and I can assure you what you call the MSM is not listened to or watched at all - is a whole ecosystem of right wing and religious media. The MSM could have said much more against Trump but none of it would have reached the red bubble. I realised that there really are two America’s. This is where MTG is right and there is a need to redo the union with far more states rights and far less federal power. She was mocked on the left when she said that but I have come to see her point. It a red state wants to go full Gilead then let them, but blue states can transform into European style Liberal social democracies.
The hysterical reporting desensitized people to the point of disbelief. People seem to believe America is a lot worse off and dangerous than it really is, and that is because of the media and their work. When everything is sensationalized, then it’s pretty easy to believe nothing is, which is exactly what trump played into.
@@epincion based on what evidence. all the wars he didn’t start last time? the pacifying of tensions with erratic north korea? the repeated mentions to pull our troops out of syria and afghanistan? or finding a diplomatic solution in ukraine? or are you talking about the time john bolton wrote in his book that he wanted to carpet bomb iran and trump said no because there would be too many civilian casualties? trump has made many foreign policy errors in my opinion but he’s the only president in my lifetime that has consistently spoke out against our military foreign policy
Corporate Dems with there contempt of brown voters drove the party to lose. Read the comments blaming people not the party and you’ll see what I mean. Corporate Dems are Islamophobic and belittling to Hispanics. You are to blame corporate Dem. You
it's simple. americans are poorer under biden than under trump. the world is more dangerous under biden than under trump. the extreme left has pushed their agendas and americans have no interest in that. does this make some sense?
In what way? Forgetting he was president already for 4 years? Remember all the stories you told about him then that didn't happen? You're in a cult, kiddo.
Borders and the price of food matter a lot to ordinary people. Rather than looking down at them, why not consider that they have genuine concerns. The MSM are so aghast it makes them look like snobs, which simply reinforces the perspective of Trump voters.
They look like snobs because they are snobs. It's not just the media... talk to a college educated Democrat voter and you will often find someone that looks down on anyone that doesn't share their opinions. You can see thousands of them right here in the comments section!
Almost all counties by the border voted blue. If the “open border” fear mongering propaganda spread by the right was true, those people would know better. Instead, all the idiots who live hundreds of miles away and have never met a migrant in their lives still decided to pretend it was a big issue for them. That’s a lie. That’s an excuse. It was ignorance, racism and xenophobia, nothing else.
Almost all counties by the border voted blue. If the “open border” fear mongering propaganda spread by the right was true, you’d think those people would know better. Instead, all the dummies who live hundreds of miles away and have never met a migrant in their lives decided to pretend it was a big issue for them. That’s a lie. That’s an excuse. It was ignorance, racism and xenophobia, nothing else.
Around the world people are going to see how poorly educated people in the US are. Apparently nobody bothered to read Project 2025 and face the reality it's a blueprint for. Republican voters will face the same damages as Democrat voters. International trade wars, increased poverty, more unemployment and higher inflation rates are going to occur once tariffs are imposed.
No, we found out last time, this time he'll just be unrestrained in his ultra corruption and ultra stupidity. One good thing though, according to "conservatives" he's chosen by God, like the king we fought a revolution against. Oh Wait....
You might have a point. Trump completely controls the GOP now, and the GOP controls the Congress, Senate and the Supreme Court. Now he has total immunity, unlike in 2017. Let's see how he uses it
The NY Times and all corporate media should ask, what role did we play in normalizing Trump for profit? Where is the reporting on Epstein? You went after Hillary and Biden with zeal. Fair and balanced?
do you think the people that voted for trump did so because the NYT wasn’t harsh enough? i’m pretty sure nobody that voted for trump cares one bit what the NYT thinks
That feels like an easy scapegoat. There are plenty of us who haven't gone down the rabbit hole despite 'corporate media' If anything it's those who rely on sources other than corporate media who've lost the plot.
@@admiralrooster Corporate media center and center-left (relative to the US) has an obvious neoliberal establishment bias. It is not the result of conspiracy, but of incentives and culture. Fox news, on the one hand, has always found it profitable to stoke the flames of fear, hatred, and anger. The neoliberalism post-Reagan of the democratic party has had a long symbiosis with the corporate worlds of CNN, MSNBC, and the like despite the growing and obvious ineptitude of this worldview in the face of democratic system erosion, wealth inequality, and climate disaster. Civility politics, pretending compromise is always the correct approach (despite your opposition revealing itself to become only more and more incontrovertibly fascist), drawing false equivalences between the parties, pretending its just 'Trump bad' and not an issue of the party or culture, obfuscating the core class tensions, and presenting these choices 'neutrally' has the been their playbook for one or two decades too long, and it's obvious to everyone else it's a dead end with no actual solutions. The plot that has ultimately lost is this neoliberal fairytale, and the corporate media does indeed bear a great deal of blame for its perpetuation and suppression of actual (leftist) solutions. 2016 was not a fluke. Instead of heeding the warning, the Right has been left unopposed to capture and cultivate a twisted populist energy when no viable alternatives were presented to those 'tuning in'. Failing to manufacture consent, what remains is widespread discontent.
@@admiralrooster Exactly. If/when those misinformed voters start having buyer's remorse...well the mainstream media offered plenty of warnings but they chose social media and their favorite podcast.
I actually thought Harris was going to win. That America would never bow down to a dictator. The land of the free and the home of the brave has become the land of fear and intimidation.
It’s fascinating you believed she would win. She didn’t go through the primary process! She refused all interviews because why exactly? She chose a completely incompetent VP. Her nonsense about blaming Trump about the immigration problem was laughable. On what level would she win?
I always acknowledged the possibility of a Trump win, but I thought it would be at least tempered by a split Senate or Dem. House. I never in my wildest nightmares imagined a complete blowout like this.
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
I'm so angry. My father was career military, I worked in DC and later for USAID in Poland. My family came to American in 1652 and I believed in the American Experiment and was proud. I now live in Europe and I will likely never go "home". It is like frat boys moved into my home and have no regard for it, just want to pull it all apart, for no other reason than...why not! In 2016 I cried for a week, now I'm resigned. He says, "defend the vulnerable, speak the truth". I wish it was just that simple but, the US just conceded its position in the world to China, Russa and India. It will become crule to its people, amoral, isolationist, economical weaker. Speaking the truth is yelling into the wind, ask those that opposes Hitler in 1936...oh you can't, they were all gone by 1940!
@outsidesounds I think Bush & Cheney were definitely power hungry and amoral but they never discussed leaving NATO, never decided to remove protection for disabled, take over the Federal Reserve...
@@declansteward7863 the j6 qanon shaman was released from prison when the videos came out that showed he was let into the capital and was very peaceful with the police. he was in solitary confinement for weeks. there were a lot of people like that who did not commit any violence, some who did not even go into the building, who are still in jail. do you think these people deserve to be in prison? or was that a forcible suppression of the opposition? what about forcible suppression of ideas that the biden administration is responsible for by colluding with social media to censor americans different opinions on covid or the election? or the forcible suppression of behavior by enforcing a vaccine mandate that required many many people to take an experimental procedure in order to keep their jobs.
@@declansteward7863 it’s not the trump critique i find so unexplainable. what i don’t get is how it’s not obvious to more people that every single thing they want you to be outraged about on one side, there are examples of the dems doing the same thing or worse. in 2016 deleting emails and mishandling confidential documents was no big deal but as soon as orange man is accused of an objectively less egregious version of what she did, all of a sudden it’s now an important issue. it’s so supremely dishonest.
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@@CliffSedge-nu5fv America isn't evil, BBQ's are not evil, Trump is not Hitler. Chill out, have a drink, we are going to Make America Great Again! Together
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
@SigFigNewton Sure, give us a solution Trump recommended. Trump didn't "address" anything. Now if you want to say he said the word "inflation" many times with a focus on blame without any understanding, sure he did that.
I have a low IQ. Born that way. For some reason I lack the greed envy and racism that are in Human DNA. Maybe their is a sweet spot on the IQ scale. Please don't let things get you down. There are kind communities still hidden all around this planet. You just have to find your patch of rainbows. Best wishes.
Can we please acknowledge that the two sides are working with different facts? From the Trump supporter’s’ perspectives there is no conflict between prioritizing democracy and voting for Trump because they believe he was legitimately re-elected in 2020 and Democracy was denied then. They do not believe he’s a fascist. They do believe the mainstream media is fundamentally biased towards the left. This isn’t about objective fact. It’s about two coalitions believing in mutually exclusive realities.
But the so called left in the USA is only socio-culturally left. The USA is mostly economically right-wing. The bias you think you see only a small part of the spectrum, socio-cultural. These socio-cultural are not the most important things. The economy takes precedence and it is all right-wing conservative. People are manipulated to believe that the socio-cultural is more important than the economics. By getting them to vote on the socio-cultural issues they inadvertently vote for right-wing economic policies. In other words they vote against their own economic benefit.
@ I don’t disagree with that. But it also doesn’t change the fact that there’s a crowd that thinks Fox is right-wing and a crowd that think Fox has sold out to the left-wing mainstream. These two crowds do not consume the same news and each believes 100% that the other is delusional. So that voter you speak of isn’t even hearing the message, let alone getting the information they would need to make an informed decision about how beneficial it would be for them. And if they do venture out of their bubble, they’re approaching it with the same skepticism an atheist has watching a documentary about a religious cult.
Corporate Dems with there contempt of brown voters drove the party to lose. Read the comments blaming people not the party and you’ll see what I mean. Corporate Dems are Islamophobic and belittling to Hispanics. You are to blame corporate Dem. You
And more corrupt. I hope that the propagandists and 'libertarians" who live off of corporate welfare get every single thing that trump promised. Starting with 100% tariffs and RFK "going wild on health ".
fascism has been in this country since the invention of corporations. corporations aligning with the government to screw over the public has been going on for a century.
I wish I COULD leave the country now but even Canada is not taking people easily. They are smart in that. And I am too old now to uproot everything. America will be forever changed now and we are heading towards a very black era.
"And considering what the world is now, with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression, and so on, man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive, and he’s built a society along these lines." - Jiddu Krishnamurti
My kids no longer have my blessing to join the military. This sick, twisted country doesn’t deserve them, and I refuse to put them in a position to receive Trump's illegal orders.
@user-ll7fv6tu7k gimme a break! The warhawks on K's team have driven down enlistment with their woke and warhawk ways. A golden era is emerging and you are welcome to take part or sit on the sidelines and pout. Totally up to you.
The problem isn't that the US has changed, but that it has NOT changed - just when it appeared to be finally, and actually, changing for the better. This is who we have been all along, only broken by fleeting, and all-to-temporary, moments of movement towards "our better angels", only to revert to our true nature - that of intolerance, ignorance, and fear. It has been said that nobody ever lost a penny as a result of underestimating the intelligence of American people. We should be honest and put that truth on our money (or "in this we trust").
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
Europe is being changed slowly by social conservatives, particularly the West. Of course they love all the social programs but they are acquisitive peasants at heart. They know what a woman is. It's always interesting here in Ireland to be lectured by an Algerian female on how important it is for girls to be respectable and demure in their dress. Hamtramck and Dearborn are just the beginning.
It grieves me that Christian Republicans are praising God for the outcome. One of my most ardent MAGA friends posted this morning: "I was reading Psalm 68 and the first four verses I read were, “Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives. Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord- rejoice in his presence!” (Ps. 68:1-4) Wow, God through the night showed us exactly this in the morning in giving us and the world President Trump!" That is how Republicans view Democrats, as the enemy that hates God and need to be punished by God. It sickens me that they cannot see there are many Christian Democrats who love Jesus and strive to live like him. And it also shows us how Christian Republicans view Trump--as appointed, anointed, and blessed by God.
It’s nothing new, the US fundamentalist evangelical right have long talked of Trump as being ‘Gods anointed’ to ‘bring America to God’. Read the Wikipedia entry on Dominion Theology which is by far the dominant religious ideology in conservative US circles. It has ideas like the use of ‘Holy Violence’ to bring in Gods kingdom rule and to punish evil doers.
I think Biden won last time because he DIDN'T campaign. He WAS essentially locked in his basement, and it worked to his advantage. If Harris had had more time to campaign would it have made a difference? I don't know. But I do know that I blame the Dem Party for mucking this up (again) with the Biden nomination. We had assumed he could well be a one-time president when he won the first time. The party was too afraid to be bold.
The reason Biden didn't campaign is because he was having problems with his age already at that point and limiting his exposure worked to his advantage. Harris, unlike Biden, is a bad politician so over exposure and putting her in hostile interview settings would only make her make her look worse.
Man, this sucks. The truth is we lost for a reason. I can't say what it is, but there was always a way. We are now in a position where we must prove that we are better. No insurrections for us. We have to rebuild trust in media. We have to rebuild trust in institutions. We have to show people without a shadow of a doubt that Trump and his coalition are a disgrace to our country, constitution, and principles. It sucks to watch the country you believe to be the best in the world be torn down by a fraud, but we must accept our responsibility to rebuild. If we dont, we must not love the country as much as we claim. Stay safe, everyone.
I am surprised just how many people have abandoned the American values that we all used to believe in my lifetime. I am astonished that so many people actually believe that Trump will help them and their needs in the future. We are a reactive species, not proactive, which will most likely be our downfall, especially when it comes to AGI and its effects on society which WILL happen in the next four years.
@@jonathangedye6793@jonathangedye6793 Artificial General Intelligence is actually a much more significant threat, especially in the hands of a dictator like Trump. AGI will happen in the next four years.
Radical overhauling of truths we once knew to be true i.e gender. In my city, people say chest feeding, menstruating people, people who get pregnant...this is anti - science, dangerous and stupid. Who is responsible for this insanity - the DEMOCRATS!!! This is what I think helped him to secure a second term.
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maybe kamala should have run a better campaign. it's kind of silly to blame voters lol. she could have easily made up for it by promising a ceasefire or getting more voters from donald's side by asking voters what they needed and distancing herself from biden. she should have sent walz on fox news instead of herself and sent him 20 times until fox viewers started to like him.
To be fair, Kamala was going to leave Gaza to burn. This changes nothing for them. Ukraine though... this is really, really bad. If I was a Ukrainian I'd run. Right now.
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Thinking democracy is only a democrat issue after the lawfare against Trump is so unbeliveably foolish it makes me question why anybody takes you people seriously. I certainly don't.
@@afgor1088 on dozens of separate charges conveniently months before an election…. My brother in Christ you were seriously believe that these cases were not politically motivated whatsoever? Some of the district attorneys literally ran their campaigns on prosecuting Donald Trump. Not on any specific crime, but just prosecuting. And you still decided to defend the an obviously corrupt antidemocratic and coordinated efforts to deplatform a politician.
Socrates knew this 2300 years ago as well. Funny thing about the founders though, their view of the electorate was actually far, far more regressive by today’s standards than your average MAGA voter. Makes you question what “progress” really is.
Yea. It’s why the electoral college exists, and also why voting wasn’t just given as a “right” for most of the country’s history. There was wisdom in that. The 19th was one of the markers of the beginning of the end.
Vance doesn't actually have the "it" factor that Trump does for his cultists. If Vance assumed the presidency from Trump during his term he'd either lose a primary to some other Republican or just lose in the election. I have no idea who the next GOP cult leader will be when Trump mercifully dies but I just don't see Vance as having the deranged charisma that Trump has over his cultists.
Arc of history that bends toward justice? Well, It’s going to be very difficult when humanity is at the very edge of the precipice …as there is not much room to bend anymore. Good luck to us all.
I’m a trans man and I’m terrified. I just transferred to a new college and I’m wondering if I’m going to have to leave the country and everything I’ve just been starting to build.
@@peterschaeffer Once upon a time we also had 1. Only white male property owners over age 35 had the vote 2. Slavery of the black race was considered in accordance with Biblical doctrine - thgis only officially ended after a civil war fought by the South on the basis. As the VP Vice President laid out in the infamous Cornerstone Speech: "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth." Slavery was abolished in 1865 under the 13th Amendment but a ferocious policy of race based segregation was instituted across all the former slave states. This was maintained right up until the reforms put through by LBJ and even then segregation merely goes on under another form in the private sector. 3. Women were always legal minors and always were under the 'Head & Mastership" of a man be he her father, her grandfather, her uncle, her husband, her adult son. The last existing Head & Master Law in the US - in Louisiana - was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1979 -although a form of it still exists today in WVA in that a husband cannot be charged with the rape of his wife even if she says no. 4. Racial segregation in all aspects of life was Gods will and inter-racial sex (miscegenation) was a felony punishable by life imprisonment - although across the 'South' if a black male had sex with a white female then he was accused of rape and lynched or charged and his partner induced to say he raped her, and he was then executed. However if it was a white male having sex with a black female this was tolerated as a 'dalliance' - long as he did not try to marry her or to acknowledge any children as being his and by extension 'whites'. The laws banning miscegenation were overturned by the Supreme Court in 1967 (in Loving vs Virginia) and at the time still existed in 40 states. 5. Divorce was illegal except in the situation of adultery when it was allowed BUT neither partner may legally marry again. This law was based on it being "Gods will". You want to go back to these times?
I'm at a loss for words to describe what happened today. There are two big mistakes that explain Trump's apparent victory. One, Biden should have honored his promise to be a "transitional president" and not sought a second term. Two, not having a primary and anointing Kamala Harris as his successor was ill advised. Democrats should have had a choice who their nominee would be. Well, it's too late and we'll have another four years of Trump. I'm really depressed. I can't believe we'll have a convicted felon for our president.
I agree with your first point. There would then have been a primary. But Biden didn't do that so what was Kamala Harris to do? She only had 100 days and ran a very good campaign. It is not her fault that the USA is misogynist and racist.
Despite both of those potentially valid points, did Democrats find those decisions so unforgivable to hand the country over to a team of fascists? If it’s as easy as that then the blame isn’t on the Biden or the Democratic Party, it’s on everyone who allowed nihilism to win, who allowed racism to win, who allowed sexism to win. Because in spite of Biden and the choice of Harris, the choice was still clear and easy to make, yet they chose silence or Trump.
most reasonable comment in this comment section. regarding the convicted felon part, just look at it this way, he may have lied about financial records but he never lied to start a war. can’t say the same thing about his predecessors.
@@daydays12 She ran a good start to her campaign but parading around neocons that even conservative voters don't like and doubling down on Biden's acceptance of conservative immigration narratives was very much NOT good.
Bring back the rules that govern how we report the news fairly - the fairness doctrine. Bring back the rules that stop monopolies. Limit $ in the election and we would have seen a different outcome. The news that the democrats see and the news that republicans see are very different.
Bias in election coverage isn't allowed in the UK. Nor is outright lying. Both happen in the US, sadly. We also take a fraction of the time and spendrelatively little money. Harder to buy an election here.
@@jakespivey3716 journalism has always needed to make a profit. Decades ago there were many journal outfits. Companies couldn't own more than 7 tv/radio/newspaper in one market. Now just a few people own most of the news networks. That means you don't get a lot of different views. And if one very rich guy owns all the networks, tv, media, newspapers then you get one view. I read/ and listen to small independantly owned news that is paid by the consumer mostly to get a fuller picture.
A country that boosts some of greatest Universities and hi-tech innovation decides to vote for a convicted felon. This says more about American people than Trump.
the fact that an arguably political prosecution for a financial records violation is more significant to you than the war crimes committed by presidents over the last 20 years says more about the narrative machine than it does about the american people.
Young black men should have read up on Project 2025. That is REAL. Latina's, good luck. America, you're not the biggest dog standing all alone. Ukraine, make the deal, good luck. Goodnight, AMERICA.
@@peterschaeffer There are a minuscule number of trans-athletes. It’s an issue that has been hyped up by conservatives bc people react emotionally to it. It turns off people’s rational thinking. Certainly it doesn’t warrant demolishing the democratic order of the US for it.
@@peterschaeffer As opposed to the person who calls people who risk everything to try provide a better life for their families “vermin”, that are “poisoning the blood of our country” - using the exact same words Hitler used to describe Jewish people. He’s full of love!
My first reaction and my biggest concern is pretty basic; is it safe to even be here sharing our thoughts. I have real concerns for our ability to voice positions contrary to Trump and his supporters. Even during Nixon, Watergate, and the Vietnam war, I never feared the government like I do now. I'm not sad or depressed, I'm genuinely afraid.
I will call Trump a subhuman piece of garbage to his face if I get the chance. They are not going to intimidate me. I don't give a damn what the consequence.
I too am wondering how long till he gets his secret police, informants, gulags and "re-education" camps. musk will be trying to turn the net into big brother always watching and informing on us.
Welcome to #idiocracy 2024. Congratulations America, you just elected the most delusional, uninformed, authoritarian, imbecile for the 2nd time in US history. A total embarrassment.
@ Is this a serious question or are you trolling?? If you’re not trolling I would suspect like most of the uninformed population you’re just totally unaware of the “fake electors plot in 2020” when he attempted to steal the presidency!! I can provide a laundry list of authoritarian things President Trump did, but trying to steal an election is good enough for me. How are you unaware of this fact/the plot to install fake electors to steal the 2020 election??? 🤷🏼♂️
@@outsidesounds Is this a serious question or are you trolling?? If you’re not trolling I would suspect like most of the uninformed population you’re just totally unaware of the “fake electors plot in 2020” when he attempted to steal the presidency!! I can provide a laundry list of authoritarian things President Trump did, but trying to steal an election is good enough for me. How are you unaware of this fact/the plot to install fake electors to steal the 2020 election??? 🤷🏼♂
Back in the early 90's "The Simpsons" aired an episode called "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" in which a corrupt politician causes Lisa to present a scathing diatribe against American institutions. This causes a congressional aide to rush to the phone and alert his congressman that "A little girl has lost faith in democracy!" which shocks and distresses the congressman and eventually leads to the downfall of the corrupt politician. When people think about what is causing patriotic and intelligent individuals who love America to feel saddened at this result, they should realize that America is a nation founded on powerful ideas. America does not have a singular race, ethnicity, religion, or group that represents the entirety of this country like other nations. Anyone can be an American. There is no one leader. There is no one party. Powerful shared ideas bind America together. E pluribus unum. We pledge allegiance to the Constitution and hold that no person, even the most powerful, should be above law and that anyone can have the opportunity to succeed. Powerful ideas based on the pursuit of ideals. America is a work in progress and the shared idea is that we are all struggling to shape that ideal vision. We stumble, fall, and make mistakes, sometimes terrible mistakes, but we continue together. One country under God. The idea of a liberal democracy. What happens when more than half of that country loses faith in democracy? What happens when those people no longer believe in America? Other nations have discovered what happens when you give up your faith and liberties to one person, one party, one leader, in exchange for the false promise of prosperity and security. While serving in the military I was sent to many nations who made that bargain, and I saw the results. We are about to find out what happens when America makes that bargain...
Perhaps you should ask a Republican why Trump remained popular with Republicans instead of chit-chatting in your own echo chamber. David French is wrong in his assessment of why Trump remained popular after Jan 6. Has he spoken with any Trump voters?
Expect: A. Mass deportations which will case B. Community disruption and economic distress (buckle down) C. End of NATO D. Who knows with GAZA - probably more devastation E. Noisy leafblower tweets I'm not angry; I've been lucky in that my situation has improved since Obama (including Trump). Just prepare - diversify your possiblities.
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Will this be like when they outlawed alcohol? Will this be like that, and not the civil war. Y’all I am sorry about the loss of your healthcare, and everything else that will crash and burn.
I hope more universities and education institutions will make their materials freely available online to combat the upcoming decline in education in America. If America is to have any hope of recovering, it’ll need to educate the young and wait for the entitled Boomers to expire.
honestly, probably pretty easily. sure project 2025 is scary, but if they eff up the nation bad enough, there's no way they'd elect another republican lol.
The guardrails that constrained his worst instincts are no longer there. SCOTUS gave him criminal immunity. He was start pardoning insurrectionists and then himself. His cabinet will be full of Steve Bannon types. I don't think people can even begin to comprehend how much worse this will be than his first run.
@@outsidesounds Umberto Eco's definition is good. It describes MAGA: 1. Cult of tradition 2.Rejection of modernism 3. Cult of action 4. Disagreement is treason (i.e. "the enemy within") 5. Fear of difference 6. Middle class resentment 7. Conspiracy theories 8. Victim complex 9. Contempt for the weak 10. Cult of death 11. Machismo 12. The leader as embodiment of "the people's will" 13. Newspeak / degradation of language
@@outsidesoundsUmberto Eco’s essay “Ur-Fascism” is a great read. I don’t think Trump has gotten much into the newspeak yet (trait #14) but he definitely leans into the other 13. In short, fascism is a system where everyone serves the state. Constant struggle with no clear objectives or constantly moved goalposts - a “permanent revolution” as Mao put it:
Picking fights with those who can help is why the left loses. Purity testing has value - it prevents the outrageously impure like Trump - but it has to be limited or we will just fight with our friends instead of those that seek to do us harm.
@@peterfriedman7193 I presume that Seth Moulton (D-MA) is a right-winger. He said “I have two girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that”. I presume that J.K. Rowling is a right-winger. She said (tweeted) “It’s important to highlight that launching a PR campaign and applying layers of thick makeup requires far more time and effort than simply making DNA test results public.”. She was referring too Imane Khelif’s participation in the Olympics as female, even though he is known to be male. As the above examples show, the key difference is not between right and left, but between insane (victims of transmania) and sane.
Idiocracy touched on this idea in a satirical way, but it raises a genuine concern: without a well-informed, engaged, and critically thinking public, democratic systems flounder. Education provides not only knowledge but also the skills for critical thinking, empathy, and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue. A healthy democracy relies on people who can discern facts from misinformation, evaluate complex issues, and vote with a sense of collective responsibility. When education fails, it leaves people more vulnerable to manipulation and reduces their ability to hold leaders accountable.
Which is why Republicans have been starving teachers for decades. They know that if they calmly explained what their _real_ policies were, no one would vote for them, so they've embraced black propaganda and the "privatization" of ..well .. everything. You can't win with only the votes of the 1% which is their real constituency, so they've openly embraced blatant lies and corruption. Then they lucked into a more effective con man than even Reagan.
Who said Democracy would just become a popularity contest & ruin the country?
-Aristotle
That's a misguided response. Yes, it's true that educational standards are dire in the US, but *more importantly* you need good candidates to win. The Democrats haven't produced good candidates for over ten years now.
54% of adult Americans have the reading level of a 10 year old and 21% are functioning illiterate.....79% of US adults have English literacy skills sufficient to complete tasks that require comparing and contrasting information, paraphrasing, and making low-level inferences. These numbers are dated from 2022 from American National Literacy Institute. Terrifying
Yep and we got orangey mcfuckstick as the Carl jrs presidency
Obama used to tell us "We are better than that." WE ARE NOT, apparently. Not at all. In fact, we SUCK.
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted".
---------------------------- D.H. Lawrence
Yes, you suck. Don't pick women just because they're women, sexist.
This is an unmitigated disaster.
well I mean Muslims upset about Gaza voting for him? We know there won't be a Gaza anymore but they asked for it. 'black jobs" I mean come on... ACA well bet you bunch of these ppl can't afford healthcare... Well they asked for change so you shall get it
So, because you didn’t get your preference, we suck?
america will never again have to ask "how did germany willingly elect a fascist?" the question has bene answered
hitler only came to power because post WWI Germany was a terribly governed dumpster fire, so that part of the analogy makes sense.
Strong Man Politics has proven yet again to override democracy.
Julius Caesar, Napoleon, etc. People beg you to take their freedom away if you promise to fix all their problems.
The point of a free democracy is for the people to work together to solve their own problems, not elect some wonder man to solve it all for you
Thankfully Trump is not capable enough to do what Hitler did.
Biden and the Democratic party brought this upon themselves by their lawfare and rhetoric against Trump that was just totally over the top and turned regular voters against people crying "Hitler". This result was predictable to people who were paying attention.
And this time not even an outer enemy had to be declared
Anti-intellectualism wins. I am going to miss having weather reports from NOAA and science information.
Stupid science, who needs science when Trump has a sharpie to alter hurricane paths. Give the people what they want, this is democracy in action when you have a dim electorate.
That is so far from the truth as it comes. Have you been living under a rock?
*Anti marxism
anti-communism and anti-braindead wine aunt is not quite the same thing as anti-intellectualism.
Right wing populists like accurate weather reports. I am one.
Ignorance and vengeance won tonight. We should all thank McConnell. Had he acted as a leader during the second impeachment and supported trump’s conviction and ban from office, we wouldn’t be here.
McConnell enabled the grifter and then turns around saying he’s too dangerous to get elected a week ago.
I do not think there were any Undecided voters, just peps afraid to admit they’re misogynist bigots, like in 2016. Dem’s gaslighting of the economy didnt help nor the media’s sane washing.
Who would have thought that Moskow Mitch wasn't actually a coward, he was a role model and the US took it to heart.
Look in the mirror. You’re the reason that you lost.
@@theborg2638 someday you guys will stop accusing your fellow countrymen of being russian. someday you will realize they are just like you, and you are just like them!
@@xiangli4383Are you Chinese?
Can't wait for RFK Jr. to make lots of great decisions about healthcare. Big win for anti-vaxxers and anti-science people in general. Speaking of anti-science, we can kiss taking climate change seriously goodbye.
The GOP Senate might not let RFK have the job. Remember that appointees have to go through the Senate and now the factions within the Republican party will be jockying for power.
I hope they do everything your team has promised they will do.
RFK is delusional if he thinks the Trump team will let him anywhere near a power position in health care.
You are kidding right? Lol
GOP senators blocking the dear leader's appointee? 😂
Lol, vaccines are not without risk, and anyone saying otherwise has swallowed the lies of the vax manufacturers. RFK has repeatedly stated that his position is not to ban vaccines but to promote information about their risks and side effects so that people (especially parents) can make informed decisions. Science is not some divine entity not to be questioned as liberals treat it, but a system of gaining knowledge best practiced by listening to dissenting voices and promoting robust research.
America, you are gone. The world no longer respects you and actually pities you. RIP
😂🙄👍
I guess the rest of the free world got to try cooperate and work together without the US.
Don't take our money or live under our defensive umbrella
@@garyvild3765 what money, cletus?
@@rchen3418 They kinda already do. China has a bigger influence internationally than the US now
The "American Dream" is really a nightmare ! 248years R.I.P. American Experiment
We’ll be fine.
@@cocomojoe808let’s hope so. Now comes the real economic crisis. Or pandemic. It’s our own duality.
it ended when they let him run again after january 6th
I guess I as a retired white (cat) lady will be fine. I have always considered Colorado my home, but now I fear for those citizens, *especially* those who voted Trump. People will die.
@@cocomojoe808 In our time
I'm 4000 miles away from America. I'd rather be 5000 right now. Hopefully this idiocracy doesn't come to our shores.
Unfortunately he intends to impose tariffs, which grows into trade wars which then grow into higher costs, interest rates, unemployment and poverty.
We, who don't live in the USA will be affected too.
Impossible. This country has way too much influence. This affects us all. I am as appalled as everyone, but we all need to brace for whatever it is, it is coming to everyone.
Me too. Where I am in Europe there's a presidential election in 2026 with an extreme right wing Trump -like populist running. Scary
The worst part is that it emboldens and provides a playbook for authoritarian and hard right politicians everywhere. It now gets that much harder to hold it back everywhere.
It will. We are a malignant cancer..it's already been infecting the world. It's here. It's in full swing now
This is what happens when education, and specifically, public school, is minimized. People incapable of rational thought…
What is a woman?
Pot calling the kettle…
what does that even mean? the education budget is enormous, and yet we all know where in the country that doesn't make any difference. the problem is not a lack of public schools.
Yeah, the indoctrination machine broke down in the face of school choice. Woo-hoo! ❤😂🎉
The Dems run education in my country. You should know that.
America has ALWAYS been like this. You had a civil war for a reason
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted".
---------------------------- D.H. Lawrence
to avoid a 10% tax -oh that was independence... Stupid war
Yep. It literally went to war with itself over literally enslaving people. They have always been like this.
You are right.
I was optimistic that the US had come to its senses
and become a decent place but how wrong I was
The Heritage Foundation ghouls will do what they want.
Aiee!
And probably another one to come.... Gl America you are gonna need it.
I genuinely cannot think of an aspect of American society that Trump has not made worse.
The economy! Markets are set to rise when they open tomorrow, despite his talk about tariffs
@@Paul-nn9ojYou do understand that economists are in overwhelming agreement that Trump’s tariffs will hurt the economy, right? Trump is selling tariffs as an economic snake oil and people eat it up because they don’t understand how anything works.
Him driving neoconservatives out of the GOP is a good thing. The bad thing is that they've slithered into the Democratic party.
@@Paul-nn9ojthe economy was already in good shape. low unemployment, inflation down, wage growth outpacing cost increases, stronger covid recovery than anywhere else.
a 10 year graph of the Dow is still basically a straight line up with a couple years of dip for covid that didn’t even change the overall slope
@@Paul-nn9oj One day on the stock market is not the economy.
I wrote this in another comments section but it feels appropriate to paste it here:
I am part of the 'old' left, i.e. the left that cares a lot about economic inequality rather than identity politics. I think the Dems need to look in the mirror. Rather than consider what 'we' think Trump is and how everyone knows this, we have to realize why 'they' would reject 'us'. Here's how it looks to me. The Dems rallied around a VP who was not elected in a primary to complain that democracy was under attack; she refused to distance herself from an unpopular president. In fact, she grouped together a coalition of the old neocons (the name Cheney looms large) with what I'll call the neoliberal Dems. It is these two coalitions that sold the working class out to corporations and to other countries (offshoring) for decades. Then look at the media. Trump poked a bear that made the elite jump into overdrive to support minorities and women - and we were right to do that. But the end result is that it looks like the Dems could care two wits about working-class men. And all of our programs, from SNL to Colbert and beyond (which I watch) just make fun of the one person (Trump) that 'they' feel is actually recognizing their plight. The fact he is a grifter is obvious. But Dems need to stop blaming Trump and racism and misogyny and realize that working-class people (yes, largely but not only white men) are a constituency, too. Until the Dems adopt a message more like Bernie Sanders - someone who turns away from the neoliberal coalition - the Dems will never reach these people. And why should they? For the neoliberal coalition (plus our involvement in wars, which sent working class kids to die) is what got us into this mess. It's time for the Dems to fire the gerontocracy. It's time for new leadership.
You miss the real point which is that for hundreds of years white men ran the show and they want it back. For example billionaire Peter Thiel who bankrolled Vance is quite open about restricting the franchise to ‘useful’ people and he has praised the early America where ‘we the people’ actually meant white property owning males, over the age of 35 and Christian.
Statistician Nate Silver two months ago predicted a Trump win and listed 34 reasons. One is that all men (not just working class) have reacted. against the feeling (reality) that woke has deprived them of a guaranteed good job and it’s especially true among white men.
They want to return to the day when work was a man’s world and the home the woman’s world.
A couple weeks ago ProPublica ran an article on a PAC run by two TX oil billionaires who having made their billions are now pastors of fundamentalist evangelical churches and who espouse a policy of a terrifying mix of billionaire bro and fundamentalist evangelical.
They are interviewed and in their PAC the entire leadership is male and when asked they quite openly say ‘a woman’s place is in the home’.
exactly! thank you
Extremely well-said. Thank you for your sober commentary.
Very well said.
Pushing aside Bernie in 2016 was a clear sign that USA is actually a plutocracy, where candidates are "vetted" by the elites before the elections.
I am shocked your comment doesn't have more likes. Instead all I'm getting from others is a sense of pearl clutching and performative distancing from the "idiocratic rabble". Why don't these neolibs and neocons look in the mirror and just admit they do not appeal to anyone working class or young? And I say this as someone who begrudgingly voted for Harris.
NYT… please acknowledge that our lack of a principled Left is a huge part of the reason. We could’ve been finishing Bernie’s 2nd term if people in your political class had taken him seriously.
It's completely delusional to think Bernie could've won the general election. At the ballot box Americans will always choose the economy first and they would've believed his policies would hurt the economy. But you're right that the left has a huge problem, it's just not that they're not principled enough. Their problem is that they've let themselves believe that right and wrong beliefs can be dictated by the collective and that they represent that collective. They thought they were fighting for the rights of the oppressed and anyone standing in the way must be a bigot. Being on the receiving end of that kind of treatment creates a very powerful emotional reaction against this perceived social exclusion and as it turns out the "bigots" are a clear majority.
The left must rid itself of this thought policing if they ever want to win an election again.
Not just “taken him seriously,” but if the Democratic Party hadn’t systematically made sure he lost when the left base and most Democratic constituents would have loved to support him and what he represents. Can we admit the Democrats CONTINUE TO LOSE reliably, or maybe every other election at best, because they really are a moderate-right party and that appeals to neither the actual far right wing nor the actual left in the country. We need to make the Democratic Party ACTUALLY a left party going forward or just leave the party. If the Democratic Party can’t defeat Trump, why should people vote for them going forward?
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken
That level of left leaning insanity is why were in the morass 13:43
The right has certainly showed us that what we normally think of as “principles” do not really matter. Revenge politics and the drive to get even. That seems to describe the MAGA movement. The USA definitely can no longer be called the leader of the free world. Still a super power, and now a dangerous one to the free world.
What a disaster for the US, for Ukrain, for Europe and for humanity.......
And another FOUR years of dealing with a vengeful, erratic person I personally hoped never to see or hear again. I abhor liars, grifters, and anyone who can't respect other people or countries.
The sky is not falling on your head, its politics
Yes, probably a disaster for the US, Ukraine and Europe but don't speak for the rest of us pls.
All empires wax and wane. It's just the U.S.A.'s turn.
In your nation's and the West's decline a new order will rise and maybe, hopefully it'll be better than the absurd idea of American exceptionalism.
bye bye criminal indictments
bye bye ukraine
bye bye nato
bye bye muslim immigrants
bye bye gaza
bye bye reproductive rights
bye bye supreme court
bye bye free speech
start kissing a dictator's ass from now on. usa is officially a shithole country. congrats.
From where I'm standing, it looks like the world is looking a lot safer.....
I was told by majority of Americans voting that I am not an American. My conservation, animal rights, care for things outside of myself - I am not an American because I don’t share the values of the Americans that would choose a sexual predator.
which one? bill clinton? joe biden? literally half of kamela’s endorsements came from celebrities tied to diddy
Conservation was considered a rich man's concern by the left until they realized it makes a great pretext for voiding property rights and instituting totalitarian government. It can be used to justify anything at all. Farm seizures, for example.
If you are an American citizen, you are American.
Those who voted for Hillary voted for a woman who helped her sexual predator husband publicly humiliate and destroy his accusers in the sight of the whole world. And if you are old enough to have voted for Bill Clinton, you were applauding them both.
"I was told by majority of Americans voting that I am not an American." SERIOUSLY???
The price of eggs goes up a bit and Americans decide the answer is to throw everything overboard. Bonkers...
More like paying $100-$200 a week on groceries alone, lack of affordable housing, no available jobs, high cost of medical care. It's not just about "eggs" buttercup. 🙄
@@TheUniverse-g3j And you vote for someone who will make all of that worse.
Trump printed tillions and lost kore to tax cuts for the wealthy. That combined with his Covid response led to inflation.
@@donaldwobamajr6550 Ha! I voted for Jill Stein. 💚💚💚 Nice try, buttercup. Unlike you, I'm a real liberal and not a virtue signaler. 🙄
🐓🐔 🥚🥚🍳 Thats our future your talking about 🐣
America's Brexit moment, it feels like. Very depressing. I will try to tune out the coming 4 years. Too bad SCOTUS will be an issue for decades to come...
America's brexit was 2016 election.
no it doesn't feel like that. how old are you, 12?
@@T.E.S.S. Well worded rebuke. Very solid. Bravo!
Given the level of your debating skills, that makes me at least 6 years older than you.
@@mrintrovert5068 Brexit involved Russian interference/propaganda like 2016 for the US. That was not an issue this time. It was necessary.
Brexit did not end the UK's representative democracy or rule of law. This is much, much worse.
Goodbye supreme court, you were a worthwhile institution, and mow you are fully politicized.
I call them the supreme cult at this point.
Trump could not have done it without them
SCOTUS is only allowed to rule in favor of the Left!
Supreme Committee Overseeing Trump’s Unflinching Stink
Not just the judiciary, we are facing the deconstruction of the administrative state. Goodbye to national parks, NOAA weather, NASA, public schools, state universities, interstate highways, coast guard, public health, and so many other things we depend on every day. We take the work that government agencies do for granted. Let's see what happens when these things go away.
American Democracy: Final Chapter
said the party that did NOT even have a democratic primary
It's over.
@@NhatHuyNg Bernie Sanders actually won the primary but the Democartic pary insisted on giving us Loser Biden. If Bernie had lost the election Trump would not have been eligable to run this time...shame on the Democratic party. Shame, shame, shame on America for electing the second coming of Adolf Hitler
It is over
I woke up this morning and threw up, I am in mourning for the country . 😢
Threw up too
Nauseous is an unconscious response .
Reflect on where the democratic party lost its way while you're bent over the toilet
Before all the "har har, lib tears" etc folks roll in, I understand how you feel. Thankfully my stomach is a tad stronger than that (throwing up is the worst), but I totally understand how you feel. Now is this going to affect me all that much? No, I'm a young white guy in Texas, I'm gonna be fine, but it's not about me. I'm scared for those who are different from me, and I'm scared for my friends who this will affect. I'm scared for the future of Ukraine, I'm scared for the women who will need (not want) an abortion and won't be able to get it, I'm scared for the people who will be harassed, assaulted, and even killed by the absolute crazies (there aren't just a ton, but it only takes a few) who feel vindicated by seeing Trump win because they see him as "one of us" and now feel that they can freely attack anyone they want because America is okay with that now. I'm not scared for myself, I'm scared for the people who are different from me, and I'm scared for the immediate future of this country.
I'm grateful I didn't throw up, because I hate doing that! But I feel a pang in the pit of my stomach and on the verge of tears. My only hope is that Trump is as 'good' at not keeping his campaign promises as he was in 2016. However, with Project 2025 looming in the background, my hope is feeble at best.
I truly am ashamed of my fellow countrymen I find it truly amazing that anyone could leave this man in a position their children will look up to making his character an example to what kind of person they should hope to be. His character matters and I do lack the ability to see this part of the discussion.
maybe you are amazed because people you disagree with have different lives and different realities and different priorities than you. maybe your perspective is unique to your own experience and you are lacking the desire or ability to look at things from a perspective other than your own
@@outsidesounds Perhaps, I would not position myself as having subjective opinions that I consider to be equal to objective truths however it could also be argued that based on statements he has made in ways that were seemingly spiteful, derogatory or lewd should have at least in my opinion an impact when it positions him in a place that youth will to some extent idolize and though it may be wishful thinking I would hope at least one other qualified candidate could exist that would be equally in support of conservative policy while also having a generally kinder or more moral character I would like to believe that there could have been a candidate just as correlated to policy helping others situations while also demonstrating a more admirable character however I never claimed my mindset to be objective fact I simply expressed my opinion of concern as a parent in America.
@@outsidesounds"disagree with" "different perspectives" - Trump is a rapist, a fraud, a criminal. He is cruel and stupid, a racist, fascist wannabe dictator. 51% of Americans apparently admire all that.
That is not a different reality; it is a surreal cosmic horror nightmare.
There is no understanding it or accepting it, only fighting it.
@@michealbock8283 fair point. and i appreciate the respectful response. i would argue that trump is more of a symptom than a cause.
for my entire life, the people in power on both sides have been gaslighting the american people to go along with policies that benefit corporations and powerful interests at the expense of the working class. the democrats are supposed to be the party that stands up for
the working class but they have become nothing more than vassals for their corporate interests, no different than the establishment republicans. many people are fed up with the gaslighting and are clearly willing to go for the candidate who is abrasive but tells it like he sees it over the nice polished narrative by the people who never live up to their campaign promises.
“You’ve got to be taught to hate”, and so far in American history there’ve always been some people that make sure their kids are carefully taught. For those parents, Trump _is_ a role model.
MTG will be the head of Homeland....nice effing job America!!!!!!!!! What an absolute mouth breathing joke
Welcome!!!
@Flippertickle ehh, it will suck for you too
RFK will be in charge of national health, Gaetz in cabinet, Comer and Jordan elevated, it's a nightmare.....the dark ages are upon us, a pestilence has been unleashed, and fear stalks the land...must we go through THIS !!??
And RFK Jr. head of healthcare.
Americans must really hate themselves to self punish this hard.
@@Liliarthan and cannon and giuliani, good lord
Face it people: hate won.
Do you hate Trump?
@@andrewpirr You make me sick.
@mattwhitaker3979 your hatred makes you sick
no not only hate won, but the vengeance won. They don't give a shit about America. They just wanted to pay for what happened in 2020 when Trump lost to Biden
Liberal tears. 😂
It's easier to internalize "the bad guys won, most people just suck" than realize the truth, that everything is harsh and subjective. The future must be won. Look after yourself and your loved ones.
@@zoehardee8636 is it objective truth that everything is subjective?
I'm an older X, and I used to have such high hopes for the generations behind me. They didn't show up. So disappointed right now.
I'm Gen X as well. Before we blame the generations that came after, realize that Trump's strongest support came from our generation.
@martyrudd5385 X here. Lemme call you a whambulance. Maybe you need a safe space to work it out. 🫠🫠🫠
As a 19 year old first time voter, I can affirm that I was woefully disappointed by the age demographics I saw at the polls. I would say there may have been one person within 20 years of me in the sea of voters in line.
@@joelhenry5489 I'm offended you would make that statement while being inaccurate: "Based on the available information, it's not accurate to say that Generation X definitively gave Trump the most amount of his votes in the 2024 election. The search results provide mixed and sometimes conflicting information about Gen X's voting patterns, and there's no clear consensus on whether they were the "Trumpiest" generation."
@@wyattlewis4069 dummy. People your age early voted in person. Only old people voted the old fashioned way
NOW will the NYT stop the sanewashing???
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
Perhaps you might consider attending a school in a Blue state.
In my opinion, it’s not about sanewashing. Trump is the logical conclusion for a country whose “left party” out-fundraises the “right party” from Wall Street and the financial sector. Whose “left” party represents and is fully controlled by highly educated culturally liberal elites who live in their own bubble and advocate for incremental changes. They protect the establishment. The left have become the establishment. They’ve become the machine. They’ve become “the man”.
@@denniswilson6673 Many of us did, and somehow retained the ability to think.
They better not, or they'll be shut down.
Forget 'freedom of the press'. The US just ended all that 'Constitution' stuff. It's over. Now you do as you're told or suffer the consequences.
To me the US has just become ugly. Its part of why i moved overseas, even though i come from a very deep rooted WASP type family. Im thankful for getting a great education and making good money in the US, but the foolishness, nativism, xenophobia and so forth is just revolting. I dont want to be a part of a society like that. I suspect the US has some ugly times ahead, that would have been teue even without Trump. Hes just a symptom of the problem
Where in the world did you move that didnt have all that too? Scandinavia?
Some other countries, like France and Germany, have also been facing similar rises in extreme anti-establishment parties. It's not just a US problem, unfortunately
Honestly, the US has always been ugly. All the repulsive things, misogyny, racism, etc, have always been there, at least under the surface if not on the surface. It was often just hidden under a facade of "The American Dream" idyllic image presented in the 50's and on. The US is very good at concealing its sins in the history books.
@@Bertinator-nm9ld But when it comes to vote they actually did the right thing.
@@rexx9496 Not the first time around. At least, not in France. I'm less familiar with how the German elections turned out
So is America evil or just stupid? Either way I no longer wish to pay taxes for fascism and exoneration of criminals.
Stupid, lazy and selfish.
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
@@sinisterslushie ...i rest my case...
you prefer to pay your taxes to fund weapons manufacturers?
@@outsidesounds ADEQUATE defense is at least logical...but fascism? MANY Americans DIED fighting to stop it.
America what have you done?
Embraced misogyny, bigotry, cruelty, stupidity and overt fascism. Why do you ask?
💚 I voted for Jill Stein. 💚
@@TheUniverse-g3j you must be so proud of yourself.
The richest 1% weren't rich enough, so we decided to take everything away from the rest of America and make them suffer, so billionaires could gain more power.
@@douglashogg4848huh?
We're fucked
That's putting it mildly. It's game over 😊
Well and truly.
4 more years of grifting. Crime doesn’t matter, you can just buy a pardon
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
Crime does pay. And in a big way, in this case.
Hilarious because liberals don't think crime matters either
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
America hasn't changed, it has been the same all along, with deep divisions and authoritarian tendencies. The only difference is that social media gave a louder voice to those that were kept in the shadows and edges of social norms, and with unrestrained freedom of speech, that just emboldened them. There is a good reason to why in Europe, most countries and constitutions have a more careful approach to free speech, because you know... Fascism and all crap that happened over here...
Good luck, Murica!
@@herlandercarvalho Democrats had a hard time defining "social norms"
And even so, authoritarianism in Europe and other parts of the world is rising.
Good comments.
Republicans under Bush and Reagan and even Nixon were always very careful to purposefully exclude racists and conspiracy theorists, as they felt they would poison the Republican ticket for moderates.
Clearly not the case, in fact, it only made the Republican party more popular in some ways, which is disheartening.
Pretty accurate statement. America is going to TikTok itself into either an authoritarian shithole or a Balkanized shithole. If we stay on the current path, I feel that this country is going to break up to one degree or another. States like New York and California aren’t going to cooperate with shit like a national abortion ban.
I don’t understand America anymore and I don’t like what I’m seeing. The only conclusion I can make is that Donald Trump is what America is - a bigoted group of people with few if any critical thinking skills. The idea of a virtuous America that I grew up believing in is dead and I’m questioning if it ever existed at all.
It never did. Europe self destructed in the 1st half of 20th century. US was pretty much source of ‘cheap’ goods & labour. It was scientific backwater with few exceptions. Then it got influx of smart people and capitalized on devastation brought by ww2, soviet revolution….I mean its a society that up till late 60s had 15% of its population as de jure 2nd class citizens. At its core Its a society of badly educated bigots, xenophobes,religious nutjobs, ruled by greedy plutocrat. And good riddance .
maybe you don’t understand america because you are trying to put your perspective on everyone instead of trying to understand why people have different opinions. maybe it’s your critical thinking skills are what need further reflection
Perhaps you inflated the threat of one group based on a carefully selected group of News outlets lying about someone?
@@outsidesoundsYes, people in Europe and Australia believed they shared mindset with US citizens. I guess we outside US has to find a post-US mindset. The glorification of US is over.
@@outsidesounds
Critical thinking has nothing to do with understanding that America is racist, sexist, criminal, and anti intellectual.
Evil has won. Lies and hatred won in America. That can be acknowledged, but it cannot be understood.
We are deplorable. Trump will pardon himself, seek vengeance on his enemies, and seek presidency for life.
Thanks for your comments and hopefulness.
It was a good run, USA.
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
No one should be surprised. Sad, scared, repulsed? Clearly. But surprised? No.
Never underestimate the power of stupidity in numbers
George Carlin. Rest in peace.
i assume you mean the stupidity of not having a primary to find and test the best possible candidate?
PPS...."No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people"..... H. L. Mencken .
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
@@sinisterslushie
Go ahead and have your bbq. While you are still allowed to.
Glad you are happy about giving up your freedom and your humanity.
Hey media, do better. You need to accept some of the blame for the state of things.
yes, shilling for the military industrial complex and simping for every war in my lifetime should have some consequences
I used to think that until I entered (via family) the red bubble and I can assure you what you call the MSM is not listened to or watched at all - is a whole ecosystem of right wing and religious media. The MSM could have said much more against Trump but none of it would have reached the red bubble.
I realised that there really are two America’s. This is where MTG is right and there is a need to redo the union with far more states rights and far less federal power. She was mocked on the left when she said that but I have come to see her point. It a red state wants to go full Gilead then let them, but blue states can transform into European style Liberal social democracies.
@@outsidesounds you really think that Trump will stop that? It’s going to turbo charge now.
The hysterical reporting desensitized people to the point of disbelief. People seem to believe America is a lot worse off and dangerous than it really is, and that is because of the media and their work. When everything is sensationalized, then it’s pretty easy to believe nothing is, which is exactly what trump played into.
@@epincion based on what evidence. all the wars he didn’t start last time? the pacifying of tensions with erratic north korea? the repeated mentions to pull our troops out of syria and afghanistan? or finding a diplomatic solution in ukraine? or are you talking about the time john bolton wrote in his book that he wanted to carpet bomb iran and trump said no because there would be too many civilian casualties?
trump has made many foreign policy errors in my opinion but he’s the only president in my lifetime that has consistently spoke out against our military foreign policy
"Idiocracy" went from amusing fictional comedy to a dystopian documentary. I can't make sense of it.
Corporate Dems with there contempt of brown voters drove the party to lose. Read the comments blaming people not the party and you’ll see what I mean. Corporate Dems are Islamophobic and belittling to Hispanics. You are to blame corporate Dem. You
really???? it was NEVER amassing - EVER
As opposed to the future that would have unfolded had the oh so cerebral Kamala Harris won. We could have been unburdened from what has been.
it's simple. americans are poorer under biden than under trump. the world is more dangerous under biden than under trump. the extreme left has pushed their agendas and americans have no interest in that. does this make some sense?
In what way? Forgetting he was president already for 4 years? Remember all the stories you told about him then that didn't happen?
You're in a cult, kiddo.
Borders and the price of food matter a lot to ordinary people. Rather than looking down at them, why not consider that they have genuine concerns. The MSM are so aghast it makes them look like snobs, which simply reinforces the perspective of Trump voters.
They look like snobs because they are snobs. It's not just the media... talk to a college educated Democrat voter and you will often find someone that looks down on anyone that doesn't share their opinions. You can see thousands of them right here in the comments section!
The same people driving around in HUGE gas-guzzling trucks and buying $60 Trump bibles. Gimme a break.
@@martin2289 You really can't help yourselves, can you?
Almost all counties by the border voted blue. If the “open border” fear mongering propaganda spread by the right was true, those people would know better. Instead, all the idiots who live hundreds of miles away and have never met a migrant in their lives still decided to pretend it was a big issue for them. That’s a lie. That’s an excuse. It was ignorance, racism and xenophobia, nothing else.
Almost all counties by the border voted blue. If the “open border” fear mongering propaganda spread by the right was true, you’d think those people would know better. Instead, all the dummies who live hundreds of miles away and have never met a migrant in their lives decided to pretend it was a big issue for them. That’s a lie. That’s an excuse. It was ignorance, racism and xenophobia, nothing else.
We will now find out how stupid and dangerous Trump may be.
Surly we know 😮
Around the world people are going to see how poorly educated people in the US are.
Apparently nobody bothered to read Project 2025 and face the reality it's a blueprint for.
Republican voters will face the same damages as Democrat voters.
International trade wars, increased poverty, more unemployment and higher inflation rates are going to occur once tariffs are imposed.
No, we found out last time, this time he'll just be unrestrained in his ultra corruption and ultra stupidity. One good thing though, according to "conservatives" he's chosen by God, like the king we fought a revolution against.
Oh Wait....
You might have a point. Trump completely controls the GOP now, and the GOP controls the Congress, Senate and the Supreme Court. Now he has total immunity, unlike in 2017. Let's see how he uses it
The NY Times and all corporate media should ask, what role did we play in normalizing Trump for profit? Where is the reporting on Epstein? You went after Hillary and Biden with zeal. Fair and balanced?
do you think the people that voted for trump did so because the NYT wasn’t harsh enough? i’m pretty sure nobody that voted for trump cares one bit what the NYT thinks
That feels like an easy scapegoat. There are plenty of us who haven't gone down the rabbit hole despite 'corporate media'
If anything it's those who rely on sources other than corporate media who've lost the plot.
@@admiralrooster Corporate media center and center-left (relative to the US) has an obvious neoliberal establishment bias. It is not the result of conspiracy, but of incentives and culture. Fox news, on the one hand, has always found it profitable to stoke the flames of fear, hatred, and anger. The neoliberalism post-Reagan of the democratic party has had a long symbiosis with the corporate worlds of CNN, MSNBC, and the like despite the growing and obvious ineptitude of this worldview in the face of democratic system erosion, wealth inequality, and climate disaster. Civility politics, pretending compromise is always the correct approach (despite your opposition revealing itself to become only more and more incontrovertibly fascist), drawing false equivalences between the parties, pretending its just 'Trump bad' and not an issue of the party or culture, obfuscating the core class tensions, and presenting these choices 'neutrally' has the been their playbook for one or two decades too long, and it's obvious to everyone else it's a dead end with no actual solutions. The plot that has ultimately lost is this neoliberal fairytale, and the corporate media does indeed bear a great deal of blame for its perpetuation and suppression of actual (leftist) solutions. 2016 was not a fluke. Instead of heeding the warning, the Right has been left unopposed to capture and cultivate a twisted populist energy when no viable alternatives were presented to those 'tuning in'. Failing to manufacture consent, what remains is widespread discontent.
@@admiralrooster Exactly. If/when those misinformed voters start having buyer's remorse...well the mainstream media offered plenty of warnings but they chose social media and their favorite podcast.
You're right. The NYT has been infuriating, including columnist, David French, the author of this piece.
Thanks New York Times. You guys helped cause this.
....how? they were anti trump to an extreme degree
I actually thought Harris was going to win. That America would never bow down to a dictator. The land of the free and the home of the brave has become the land of fear and intimidation.
There was a free election -not winning is different from a dictator.
then pack yer crap and LEAVE LOSER !
It’s fascinating you believed she would win. She didn’t go through the primary process!
She refused all interviews because why exactly?
She chose a completely incompetent VP.
Her nonsense about blaming Trump about the immigration problem was laughable.
On what level would she win?
I always acknowledged the possibility of a Trump win, but I thought it would be at least tempered by a split Senate or Dem. House. I never in my wildest nightmares imagined a complete blowout like this.
congratulations! It's no small feat. Progressives managed to brainwash themselves.👏👏👏
yes, America has changed, tonight America proved it'd become the Idiocracy they'd all joked about
We (the rest of the world) have always joked about that!
especially in the last four years
I don't want anything to do do with such a hateful place.
There are good Americans but so few 😞
I would much prefer President Camacho.
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
I'm so angry. My father was career military, I worked in DC and later for USAID in Poland. My family came to American in 1652 and I believed in the American Experiment and was proud. I now live in Europe and I will likely never go "home". It is like frat boys moved into my home and have no regard for it, just want to pull it all apart, for no other reason than...why not!
In 2016 I cried for a week, now I'm resigned. He says, "defend the vulnerable, speak the truth". I wish it was just that simple but, the US just conceded its position in the world to China, Russa and India. It will become crule to its people, amoral, isolationist, economical weaker. Speaking the truth is yelling into the wind, ask those that opposes Hitler in 1936...oh you can't, they were all gone by 1940!
who was more like hitler, trump or bush/cheney?
@outsidesounds I think Bush & Cheney were definitely power hungry and amoral but they never discussed leaving NATO, never decided to remove protection for disabled, take over the Federal Reserve...
@@declansteward7863 just so we’re keeping track.
countries invaded:
- bush/cheney: 2
- obama: 5
-trump: 0
@@declansteward7863 the j6 qanon shaman was released from prison when the videos came out that showed he was let into the capital and was very peaceful with the police. he was in solitary confinement for weeks. there were a lot of people like that who did not commit any violence, some who did not even go into the building, who are still in jail. do you think these people deserve to be in prison? or was that a forcible suppression of the opposition?
what about forcible suppression of ideas that the biden administration is responsible for by colluding with social media to censor americans different opinions on covid or the election?
or the forcible suppression of behavior by enforcing a vaccine mandate that required many many people to take an experimental procedure in order to keep their jobs.
@@declansteward7863 it’s not the trump critique i find so unexplainable. what i don’t get is how it’s not obvious to more people that every single thing they want you to be outraged about on one side, there are examples of the dems doing the same thing or worse. in 2016 deleting emails and mishandling confidential documents was no big deal but as soon as orange man is accused of an objectively less egregious version of what she did, all of a sudden it’s now an important issue. it’s so supremely dishonest.
It feels like a dark suffocating blanket has enveloped our beautiful country
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
@@sinisterslushieWhy do you support evil?
@@CliffSedge-nu5fv America isn't evil, BBQ's are not evil, Trump is not Hitler. Chill out, have a drink, we are going to Make America Great Again! Together
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
Stupidity and hatred won.
Yes indeed. I am glad I live in a civilised country a long way away.
I weep for the poor brave people of Ukraine.
FEAR, as Yoda so wisely told us FEAR leads to HATE, and oh the suffering that's to come!
The party that addressed economic issues won
@SigFigNewton Sure, give us a solution Trump recommended. Trump didn't "address" anything. Now if you want to say he said the word "inflation" many times with a focus on blame without any understanding, sure he did that.
@@daydays12and that civilized country is! This will be good.
Stupid people are more dangerous than evil ones, and when they get together this is what happens. I don't understand!
You do understand
You're right on. We know that (stupid) morals are stronger than evil intensions.
The left: the evil ruling the stupid.
I have a low IQ. Born that way. For some reason I lack the greed envy and racism that are in Human DNA. Maybe their is a sweet spot on the IQ scale.
Please don't let things get you down. There are kind communities still hidden all around this planet. You just have to find your patch of rainbows. Best wishes.
Incumbents lose when the economy hasn’t been treating the working class well.
This was an extremely normal and unsurprising election.
Can we please acknowledge that the two sides are working with different facts? From the Trump supporter’s’ perspectives there is no conflict between prioritizing democracy and voting for Trump because they believe he was legitimately re-elected in 2020 and Democracy was denied then. They do not believe he’s a fascist. They do believe the mainstream media is fundamentally biased towards the left. This isn’t about objective fact. It’s about two coalitions believing in mutually exclusive realities.
But the so called left in the USA is only socio-culturally left. The USA is mostly economically right-wing. The bias you think you see only a small part of the spectrum, socio-cultural. These socio-cultural are not the most important things. The economy takes precedence and it is all right-wing conservative. People are manipulated to believe that the socio-cultural is more important than the economics. By getting them to vote on the socio-cultural issues they inadvertently vote for right-wing economic policies. In other words they vote against their own economic benefit.
@ I don’t disagree with that. But it also doesn’t change the fact that there’s a crowd that thinks Fox is right-wing and a crowd that think Fox has sold out to the left-wing mainstream. These two crowds do not consume the same news and each believes 100% that the other is delusional.
So that voter you speak of isn’t even hearing the message, let alone getting the information they would need to make an informed decision about how beneficial it would be for them. And if they do venture out of their bubble, they’re approaching it with the same skepticism an atheist has watching a documentary about a religious cult.
America has changed for the dumber.
Go touch grass
Corporate Dems with there contempt of brown voters drove the party to lose. Read the comments blaming people not the party and you’ll see what I mean. Corporate Dems are Islamophobic and belittling to Hispanics. You are to blame corporate Dem. You
And more corrupt. I hope that the propagandists and 'libertarians" who live off of corporate welfare get every single thing that trump promised. Starting with 100% tariffs and RFK "going wild on health ".
Or was that group just legitimised by TFG 45 to get TFG 47?
NB "former" 45 to "future or final" 47.
"You won't need (or get) to vote again"
Your hubris is why Trump won. 😊
Evil won. Fascism here we come
Hale trump, hale victery.
Bet you can't tell if that's parody or not, and for good reason.
Welcome to Gilead!, murican sharia law out of the supreme cult just around the corner now!
@@mossydog2385 You edited your post, but still left "hale" and "victery" spelled wrong? I guess that's part of the satire... yes?
fascism has been in this country since the invention of corporations. corporations aligning with the government to screw over the public has been going on for a century.
Netanyahu and Putin won
I wish I COULD leave the country now but even Canada is not taking people easily. They are smart in that. And I am too old now to uproot everything. America will be forever changed now and we are heading towards a very black era.
So it's smart for Canada to reject immgrants? What if you just go illegally?
@@lindaemmart2583 describing bad things as black is very racist you know
@@lisettegarcia what color is coal. what color is space. what color is oil. grow tf up
Correct that…white era.
@Daneki dude, it's a woke talking point. Just pointing out the hypocrisy
At least now we will see if we were right. Guess that is the only good. This country will get what it deserves.
decline of empires
"And considering what the world is now, with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression, and so on, man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive, and he’s built a society along these lines." - Jiddu Krishnamurti
My kids no longer have my blessing to join the military. This sick, twisted country doesn’t deserve them, and I refuse to put them in a position to receive Trump's illegal orders.
@user-ll7fv6tu7k gimme a break! The warhawks on K's team have driven down enlistment with their woke and warhawk ways. A golden era is emerging and you are welcome to take part or sit on the sidelines and pout. Totally up to you.
@@lisettegarciaIf you think the military is “woke” you are an idiot.
@jfkfc691 whaaaa!
i hope they don't join up, but not because you think you have a right to stop them
what illegal orders? like lying to start a war in iraq? or lying to start a war in libya?
The problem isn't that the US has changed, but that it has NOT changed - just when it appeared to be finally, and actually, changing for the better. This is who we have been all along, only broken by fleeting, and all-to-temporary, moments of movement towards "our better angels", only to revert to our true nature - that of intolerance, ignorance, and fear. It has been said that nobody ever lost a penny as a result of underestimating the intelligence of American people. We should be honest and put that truth on our money (or "in this we trust").
America has changed and not for the better. At one time, racism was viewed as being morally wrong. Now it is worshiped. At one time, cheating in sports was viewed a wrong. Now it is holy writ. At one time, merit was revered. Now it is reviled. Two good measures of how America has changed are. J.K. Rowling wasn’t invited to the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies. Some folks wrote a paper with the title ‘In Defense of Merit in Science’. Predictably, it was rejected by the leading ‘science’ journals. At one time, it was thought that 2+ 2 = 4. Now, basic math is ‘controversial’.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
Europe is being changed slowly by social conservatives, particularly the West. Of course they love all the social programs but they are acquisitive peasants at heart. They know what a woman is. It's always interesting here in Ireland to be lectured by an Algerian female on how important it is for girls to be respectable and demure in their dress. Hamtramck and Dearborn are just the beginning.
Believing any thing that comes from the TIMES is like believing in the tooth fairy.
don't mourn, organize
Yes come up with good policy alternatives, or any original policy at all
ANTIFA forever! (no I'm not making a joke, we're going to need a resistance)
I'm organizing my belongings to move out.
Mourn first, get it out of your system. Don’t dwell on it, but deal with it.
It grieves me that Christian Republicans are praising God for the outcome. One of my most ardent MAGA friends posted this morning: "I was reading Psalm 68 and the first four verses I read were, “Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies. Let those who hate God run for their lives. Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord- rejoice in his presence!” (Ps. 68:1-4) Wow, God through the night showed us exactly this in the morning in giving us and the world President Trump!" That is how Republicans view Democrats, as the enemy that hates God and need to be punished by God. It sickens me that they cannot see there are many Christian Democrats who love Jesus and strive to live like him. And it also shows us how Christian Republicans view Trump--as appointed, anointed, and blessed by God.
The left is the ideology of anti-natalism. Obviously that's against God.
It’s nothing new, the US fundamentalist evangelical right have long talked of Trump as being ‘Gods anointed’ to ‘bring America to God’. Read the Wikipedia entry on Dominion Theology which is by far the dominant religious ideology in conservative US circles. It has ideas like the use of ‘Holy Violence’ to bring in Gods kingdom rule and to punish evil doers.
Im not personally religious, but... AMEN
They are CINOs ... They probably have a Whyte Jesus in their house somewhere
It hasn't changed. It's always been stoopid. It's just showing us how much now.
No the stupid are breeding in very large numbers
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted".
---------------------------- D.H. Lawrence
Well said
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
@@peterschaeffer Not at the levels your paranoia-addled mind imagines. Stop sniffing the Russian 'end of western civilization' butt-crack.
I think Biden won last time because he DIDN'T campaign. He WAS essentially locked in his basement, and it worked to his advantage. If Harris had had more time to campaign would it have made a difference? I don't know. But I do know that I blame the Dem Party for mucking this up (again) with the Biden nomination. We had assumed he could well be a one-time president when he won the first time. The party was too afraid to be bold.
A reoccurring theme.
The reason Biden didn't campaign is because he was having problems with his age already at that point and limiting his exposure worked to his advantage. Harris, unlike Biden, is a bad politician so over exposure and putting her in hostile interview settings would only make her make her look worse.
Man, this sucks. The truth is we lost for a reason. I can't say what it is, but there was always a way. We are now in a position where we must prove that we are better. No insurrections for us. We have to rebuild trust in media. We have to rebuild trust in institutions. We have to show people without a shadow of a doubt that Trump and his coalition are a disgrace to our country, constitution, and principles. It sucks to watch the country you believe to be the best in the world be torn down by a fraud, but we must accept our responsibility to rebuild. If we dont, we must not love the country as much as we claim. Stay safe, everyone.
I am surprised just how many people have abandoned the American values that we all used to believe in my lifetime. I am astonished that so many people actually believe that Trump will help them and their needs in the future. We are a reactive species, not proactive, which will most likely be our downfall, especially when it comes to AGI and its effects on society which WILL happen in the next four years.
AGI?
@@jonathangedye6793@jonathangedye6793 Artificial General Intelligence is actually a much more significant threat, especially in the hands of a dictator like Trump. AGI will happen in the next four years.
Radical overhauling of truths we once knew to be true i.e gender. In my city, people say chest feeding, menstruating people, people who get pregnant...this is anti - science, dangerous and stupid. Who is responsible for this insanity - the DEMOCRATS!!! This is what I think helped him to secure a second term.
We're screwed and our countrymen and women made it happen
Can't blame them. They got there because of the media they consume.
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
let them eat the shit cake, they've baked
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
I am sorry Gaza. Too many people decided you should disappear rather than vote for a Democrat.
Its up to them to overthrow a military junta & bring in a Democracy
maybe kamala should have run a better campaign. it's kind of silly to blame voters lol. she could have easily made up for it by promising a ceasefire or getting more voters from donald's side by asking voters what they needed and distancing herself from biden. she should have sent walz on fox news instead of herself and sent him 20 times until fox viewers started to like him.
To be fair, Kamala was going to leave Gaza to burn. This changes nothing for them. Ukraine though... this is really, really bad. If I was a Ukrainian I'd run. Right now.
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
there would be no gaza conflict if our government stopped providing weapons to israel. the other choice wasn’t doing anything different
Thinking democracy is only a democrat issue after the lawfare against Trump is so unbeliveably foolish it makes me question why anybody takes you people seriously. I certainly don't.
"lawfare" otherwise known as being taken to court for breaking the law...
@@afgor1088 on dozens of separate charges conveniently months before an election…. My brother in Christ you were seriously believe that these cases were not politically motivated whatsoever? Some of the district attorneys literally ran their campaigns on prosecuting Donald Trump. Not on any specific crime, but just prosecuting. And you still decided to defend the an obviously corrupt antidemocratic and coordinated efforts to deplatform a politician.
An uninformed and misguided electorate was what the founders feared the most
The founders would repeal the 19th
Socrates knew this 2300 years ago as well. Funny thing about the founders though, their view of the electorate was actually far, far more regressive by today’s standards than your average MAGA voter. Makes you question what “progress” really is.
Yea. It’s why the electoral college exists, and also why voting wasn’t just given as a “right” for most of the country’s history. There was wisdom in that. The 19th was one of the markers of the beginning of the end.
Time to leave.
When the country are about to be healed? Tf you taking about?
Come to Europe, we don't mind the clever Americans, all twelve of you
so the rich will leave - the poor deported - hello people have you even studied Venezuela ????
Please progs, get the hell out.
Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out
I’m more concerned when T drops out medically, cognitively or otherwise. US will then have a Vance president
Vance doesn't actually have the "it" factor that Trump does for his cultists. If Vance assumed the presidency from Trump during his term he'd either lose a primary to some other Republican or just lose in the election. I have no idea who the next GOP cult leader will be when Trump mercifully dies but I just don't see Vance as having the deranged charisma that Trump has over his cultists.
Vance would be better than Trump, and he might actually revert back to his original perspectives on Maga.
Arc of history that bends toward justice? Well, It’s going to be very difficult when humanity is at the very edge of the precipice …as there is not much room to bend anymore. Good luck to us all.
I’m a trans man and I’m terrified. I just transferred to a new college and I’m wondering if I’m going to have to leave the country and everything I’ve just been starting to build.
I hate to say it but at the very least move to a deep blue state and if you can get out of America
I'm so sorry. You have been targeted pretty hard lately, too.
I’m so sorry.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
@@peterschaeffer Once upon a time we also had
1. Only white male property owners over age 35 had the vote
2. Slavery of the black race was considered in accordance with Biblical doctrine - thgis only officially ended after a civil war fought by the South on the basis. As the VP Vice President laid out in the infamous Cornerstone Speech:
"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Slavery was abolished in 1865 under the 13th Amendment but a ferocious policy of race based segregation was instituted across all the former slave states. This was maintained right up until the reforms put through by LBJ and even then segregation merely goes on under another form in the private sector.
3. Women were always legal minors and always were under the 'Head & Mastership" of a man be he her father, her grandfather, her uncle, her husband, her adult son.
The last existing Head & Master Law in the US - in Louisiana - was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1979 -although a form of it still exists today in WVA in that a husband cannot be charged with the rape of his wife even if she says no.
4. Racial segregation in all aspects of life was Gods will and inter-racial sex (miscegenation) was a felony punishable by life imprisonment - although across the 'South' if a black male had sex with a white female then he was accused of rape and lynched or charged and his partner induced to say he raped her, and he was then executed.
However if it was a white male having sex with a black female this was tolerated as a 'dalliance' - long as he did not try to marry her or to acknowledge any children as being his and by extension 'whites'.
The laws banning miscegenation were overturned by the Supreme Court in 1967 (in Loving vs Virginia) and at the time still existed in 40 states.
5. Divorce was illegal except in the situation of adultery when it was allowed BUT neither partner may legally marry again. This law was based on it being "Gods will".
You want to go back to these times?
Changed. To fascism.
Zelensky's term ended in May
define fascism
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
I'm at a loss for words to describe what happened today. There are two big mistakes that explain Trump's apparent victory. One, Biden should have honored his promise to be a "transitional president" and not sought a second term. Two, not having a primary and anointing Kamala Harris as his successor was ill advised. Democrats should have had a choice who their nominee would be. Well, it's too late and we'll have another four years of Trump. I'm really depressed. I can't believe we'll have a convicted felon for our president.
This is correct! Biden’s ego and desire to have a two term presidency is a major reason as to why we were put in this position.
I agree with your first point. There would then have been a primary.
But Biden didn't do that so what was Kamala Harris to do?
She only had 100 days and ran a very good campaign.
It is not her fault that the USA is misogynist and racist.
Despite both of those potentially valid points, did Democrats find those decisions so unforgivable to hand the country over to a team of fascists? If it’s as easy as that then the blame isn’t on the Biden or the Democratic Party, it’s on everyone who allowed nihilism to win, who allowed racism to win, who allowed sexism to win.
Because in spite of Biden and the choice of Harris, the choice was still clear and easy to make, yet they chose silence or Trump.
most reasonable comment in this comment section. regarding the convicted felon part, just look at it this way, he may have lied about financial records but he never lied to start a war. can’t say the same thing about his predecessors.
@@daydays12 She ran a good start to her campaign but parading around neocons that even conservative voters don't like and doubling down on Biden's acceptance of conservative immigration narratives was very much NOT good.
Bring back the rules that govern how we report the news fairly - the fairness doctrine. Bring back the rules that stop monopolies. Limit $ in the election and we would have seen a different outcome. The news that the democrats see and the news that republicans see are very different.
Bias in election coverage isn't allowed in the UK. Nor is outright lying. Both happen in the US, sadly. We also take a fraction of the time and spendrelatively little money. Harder to buy an election here.
Journalism has changed and not for the better. Journalism is now a branch of corporate investment that now must make a profit.
@@jakespivey3716 journalism has always needed to make a profit. Decades ago there were many journal outfits. Companies couldn't own more than 7 tv/radio/newspaper in one market. Now just a few people own most of the news networks. That means you don't get a lot of different views. And if one very rich guy owns all the networks, tv, media, newspapers then you get one view. I read/ and listen to small independantly owned news that is paid by the consumer mostly to get a fuller picture.
When people, after an election, NOW say "I knew it all along. Nothing surprised me!" - they lose my respect for their opinion.
You are complicit, NYT. All the both siding, sane washing, etc. RIP.
you give them too much credit. literally nobody that voted for trump cares one iota what any establishment media has to say
A country that boosts some of greatest Universities and hi-tech innovation decides to vote for a convicted felon. This says more about American people than Trump.
the fact that an arguably political prosecution for a financial records violation is more significant to you than the war crimes committed by presidents over the last 20
years says more about the narrative machine than it does about the american people.
Good luck, America. You'll need this.
Young black men should have read up on Project 2025. That is REAL.
Latina's, good luck.
America, you're not the biggest dog standing all alone.
Ukraine, make the deal, good luck.
Goodnight, AMERICA.
Has nothing to do with young black men. Whyte women voted in majority for Trump. There's way more of them.
@@DJcyberslash You are correct. I spoke before being aware of the data.
The American electorate has spoken: “We prefer fascism after all!”
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
@@peterschaeffer There are a minuscule number of trans-athletes. It’s an issue that has been hyped up by conservatives bc people react emotionally to it. It turns off people’s rational thinking. Certainly it doesn’t warrant demolishing the democratic order of the US for it.
Woke is hate. Woke lost. Hate lost.
@@peterschaeffer As opposed to the person who calls people who risk everything to try provide a better life for their families “vermin”, that are “poisoning the blood of our country” - using the exact same words Hitler used to describe Jewish people. He’s full of love!
I think it’s time we admit that America has never changed.
My first reaction and my biggest concern is pretty basic; is it safe to even be here sharing our thoughts. I have real concerns for our ability to voice positions contrary to Trump and his supporters. Even during Nixon, Watergate, and the Vietnam war, I never feared the government like I do now. I'm not sad or depressed, I'm genuinely afraid.
lol I get it, sarcasm, coz left is the 'Thought Police"
I will call Trump a subhuman piece of garbage to his face if I get the chance. They are not going to intimidate me. I don't give a damn what the consequence.
@@Paul-nn9oj No. You do not know the modern US left.
I too am wondering how long till he gets his secret police, informants, gulags and "re-education" camps. musk will be trying to turn the net into big brother always watching and informing on us.
Fortunately your fear is unfounded! Have a good day.
Welcome to #idiocracy 2024. Congratulations America, you just elected the most delusional, uninformed, authoritarian, imbecile for the 2nd time in US history. A total embarrassment.
what exactly did he do that was authoritarian
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Is this a serious question or are you trolling?? If you’re not trolling I would suspect like most of the uninformed population you’re just totally unaware of the “fake electors plot in 2020” when he attempted to steal the presidency!! I can provide a laundry list of authoritarian things President Trump did, but trying to steal an election is good enough for me. How are you unaware of this fact/the plot to install fake electors to steal the 2020 election??? 🤷🏼♂️
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There’s no way that’s a serious question. Are you trolling or just one of the completely UNINFORMED voters who helped elect this imbecile??
@@acason4"If I don't win, everyone is uninformed and democracy is evil."
@@outsidesounds Is this a serious question or are you trolling?? If you’re not trolling I would suspect like most of the uninformed population you’re just totally unaware of the “fake electors plot in 2020” when he attempted to steal the presidency!! I can provide a laundry list of authoritarian things President Trump did, but trying to steal an election is good enough for me. How are you unaware of this fact/the plot to install fake electors to steal the 2020 election??? 🤷🏼♂
Back in the early 90's "The Simpsons" aired an episode called "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" in which a corrupt politician causes Lisa to present a scathing diatribe against American institutions. This causes a congressional aide to rush to the phone and alert his congressman that "A little girl has lost faith in democracy!" which shocks and distresses the congressman and eventually leads to the downfall of the corrupt politician. When people think about what is causing patriotic and intelligent individuals who love America to feel saddened at this result, they should realize that America is a nation founded on powerful ideas. America does not have a singular race, ethnicity, religion, or group that represents the entirety of this country like other nations. Anyone can be an American. There is no one leader. There is no one party. Powerful shared ideas bind America together. E pluribus unum. We pledge allegiance to the Constitution and hold that no person, even the most powerful, should be above law and that anyone can have the opportunity to succeed. Powerful ideas based on the pursuit of ideals. America is a work in progress and the shared idea is that we are all struggling to shape that ideal vision. We stumble, fall, and make mistakes, sometimes terrible mistakes, but we continue together. One country under God. The idea of a liberal democracy. What happens when more than half of that country loses faith in democracy? What happens when those people no longer believe in America? Other nations have discovered what happens when you give up your faith and liberties to one person, one party, one leader, in exchange for the false promise of prosperity and security. While serving in the military I was sent to many nations who made that bargain, and I saw the results. We are about to find out what happens when America makes that bargain...
Two priorities going forward: Protect the vulnerable. ❤Speak the truth. ❤10:26 wow. That’s beautiful in a dark time.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
Perhaps you should ask a Republican why Trump remained popular with Republicans instead of chit-chatting in your own echo chamber. David French is wrong in his assessment of why Trump remained popular after Jan 6. Has he spoken with any Trump voters?
Well…I just can’t wait to see what a mess MAGA makes of their “win”
We already won, now deal with the mess! 🤣🤣🤣
can't be worse than what we have right now
@@hammyspammy Nobody cares mate. Thanks for the free entertainment
@@pondeifylow unemployment, high stock market, low inflation.
Expect:
A. Mass deportations which will case
B. Community disruption and economic distress (buckle down)
C. End of NATO
D. Who knows with GAZA - probably more devastation
E. Noisy leafblower tweets
I'm not angry; I've been lucky in that my situation has improved since Obama (including Trump). Just prepare - diversify your possiblities.
Thank you…yes, defend the vulnerable, speak the truth.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
It doesn't pay to be the nice guy.
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Once you are done crying, we are having a BBQ, it is BYOB fyi.
You should rename your podcast to "Thought Bubble Coping Soundbytes"
Will this be like when they outlawed alcohol? Will this be like that, and not the civil war. Y’all I am sorry about the loss of your healthcare, and everything else that will crash and burn.
Idiocracy.
I hope more universities and education institutions will make their materials freely available online to combat the upcoming decline in education in America. If America is to have any hope of recovering, it’ll need to educate the young and wait for the entitled Boomers to expire.
There's infinite free knowledge. The dum dum don't use it.
Now we have a real test of democracy: can the country survive another Trump presidency?
The judiciary has been subverted, the "media" is corrupt...what other 'guard rails' are there? None
honestly, probably pretty easily. sure project 2025 is scary, but if they eff up the nation bad enough, there's no way they'd elect another republican lol.
The guardrails that constrained his worst instincts are no longer there. SCOTUS gave him criminal immunity. He was start pardoning insurrectionists and then himself. His cabinet will be full of Steve Bannon types. I don't think people can even begin to comprehend how much worse this will be than his first run.
Sure!
They just want to to go back to 1950 or maybe 1859, but that’s still America.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
Thankyou for letting All sides have a voice here. Not many channels do. That's how you build respect.
Felon president #freedumb
People LOVE fascism
Americans do it seems . They are full of hate and gullible..swallow the lies of a snake oil salesman
SOME people obviously love fascism...until it comes for THEM
define fascism
@@outsidesounds Umberto Eco's definition is good. It describes MAGA:
1. Cult of tradition
2.Rejection of modernism
3. Cult of action
4. Disagreement is treason (i.e. "the enemy within")
5. Fear of difference
6. Middle class resentment
7. Conspiracy theories
8. Victim complex
9. Contempt for the weak
10. Cult of death
11. Machismo
12. The leader as embodiment of "the people's will"
13. Newspeak / degradation of language
@@outsidesoundsUmberto Eco’s essay “Ur-Fascism” is a great read.
I don’t think Trump has gotten much into the newspeak yet (trait #14) but he definitely leans into the other 13.
In short, fascism is a system where everyone serves the state. Constant struggle with no clear objectives or constantly moved goalposts - a “permanent revolution” as Mao put it:
It's time for David French to address and apologize for his history of anti-LBGTQ activism.
Picking fights with those who can help is why the left loses.
Purity testing has value - it prevents the outrageously impure like Trump - but it has to be limited or we will just fight with our friends instead of those that seek to do us harm.
America has changed. Once upon a time, we did not have men in women's sports. Now we do.
@@peterschaeffer Congratulations on your pithy mastery of this utterly irrelevant right-wing talking point.
@@peterfriedman7193 I presume that Seth Moulton (D-MA) is a right-winger. He said “I have two girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that”. I presume that J.K. Rowling is a right-winger. She said (tweeted) “It’s important to highlight that launching a PR campaign and applying layers of thick makeup requires far more time and effort than simply making DNA test results public.”. She was referring too Imane Khelif’s participation in the Olympics as female, even though he is known to be male. As the above examples show, the key difference is not between right and left, but between insane (victims of transmania) and sane.