And what I'm telling you is that seeing our form of government that has served us well for nearly 248 years now disappear into a dictatorship far outweighs any perceived economic gains or loses that you've been told over and over again has nothing to do with who is in the White House.
No really, I understand it. Democrats are failing on their messaging, presumably not to draw too much attention from the green masses and lose votes. They have to walk the political tightrope
Unfortunately, a large number of voters are that stupid. I'm unsure if you've ever encountered the Biden pointing sticker on gas pumps that says "I did that" but they are everywhere in Northern Michigan. They were everywhere in Utah too. I've yet to talk to a Republican that doesn't cite gas prices as one of the reasons Biden is terrible too and they almost always blame it on the Keystone pipeline being shut down. Many people honestly think that if Trump is elected, we're going to have fuel prices back below $1 a gallon again like they were during COVID when no one was using any kind of fuel at all. This is a common theme on the 4Runner groups I'm apart of when someone talks about how their SUV that was effectively designed in the 90s gets 12 mpg because they lifted it, put 35's on it, and drive around with a rooftop tent.
I agree, but unfortunately, that's what politicians are up against, and they lean into it. Many people who are selecting the next president care about fuel prices and inflation, but they don't understand that the president only has a minor role to play in either of those things. Even the gas station lobby seems to get this and brings up a good point, low fuel prices are bad because it's the indicator the economy is failing.
If that's a foregone conclusion, what are we talking about here then? People are too stupid to have a functioning government, oh well, I guess America is screwed by stupidity. Conversation closed.
I don't know, I think you're giving people too much credit. Believers of QAnon vote, people who think the government is injecting us with microchips in COVID vaccines vote, people who think Donald Trump won the election in 2020 vote. While the right to have a free election is a great right to have, there are negatives to it, which is that some of the absolute stupidest people can and do vote. Or better yet, think of all the people who think being banned from Xitter violates their freedom of speech; this is the understanding that a not-so-insignificant amount of voters have of the Constitution.
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Unfortunately, the COVID-19 vaccine deniers are starting to spread. There are now a decent number of very progressive people who believe it's a grand conspiracy, too. Granted, it's for different reasons, though. They believe that the COVID-19 vaccine was created to give pharmaceutical makers increased profits and to allow the rich to control the poor. So, while it's not about microchips and 5G, it still aligns with the whole control thing.
TikTok didn't do anything, a user of TikTok did. They didn't have to use TikTok to get that message out either, they had a lot of other choices. Chinese datamining rules and culture are fundamentally untrustworthy. I realize places like Europe and Australia are basically courting China to build military bases on their land but if they want to deal with a fundamentally lawless government then that's their problem.Note that TikTok helped Biden out here but he still wants to help ban it if the bill goes through.
Biden says he'll sign proposed legislation to ban TikTok if Congress passes it
President Joe Biden has endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States, a move that comes amid growing concern in Washington about keeping Americans' private data out of China’s hands.
And the message probably did reach the people who need to see it the most, young people who don't pay attention to squat. But TikTok being so popular with them is merely a consequence of its addictive design, as those kids are doing anything in their power to escape this dreadful reality we live in. Perhaps we just shold let it all play out.
I also wonder about PA (where I live). The rural part is red, Philly and Pittsburg are deep blue and the suburbs - from what I've seen so far - seem to be more blue than red, as well. Although the gubernatorial and secretary of state elections were pretty clear wins, the state senate is still has GOP majority and the state house has a very slim Democratic majority. I wouldn't be sure to call PA for Biden at the moment.
You should look at a sample ballot to see if there's anything else you might need to vote for on it. During the primary for me, we have a school mileage up for a vote as well. Sometimes there are other elected officials going through the primary process, so it's worth checking it out.
