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Trump wins presidency for second time
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#442Made possible by the internet.
The outcome elon musk paid $44 billion for.
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#443My theory: people are just hacked off that life is getting worse for most people while billionaires get richer and richer. Every disaster the wealthy get handouts while the poor have to pay for them. Government can no longer afford anything because all of its assets have been sold and rented back at a profit. I don’t think either campaign made any difference to the outcome of this election at all. In conclusion it mi…
> people are just hacked off that life is getting worse for most people
Yeah that’s my read on it too.
Rather unfortunate that the response was to elect someone that’s more showman/ego trip than leader with technocratic skills
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#444Doesn't seem to be much commentary here on what an axis of Musk/Vance/Thiel (and Andreesen, etc.) influence and power in the US federal administration now means for the technology sector. Remember it is Musk who began the wave of layoffs a bit over two years ago. Bezos evidently saw the way the wind was blowing already. I also see almost zero discussion about climate change policy. For many of us non-Americans, this…
What’s there to talk about: they bought a President. They puppet the incompetent VP. They stand to make billions. The TikTok ban basically sealed the Trump win because its American investors were hellbent on him winning and they paid him to switch his stance on it. That’s just one example.
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#445From a game theoretical perspective this is a good result. It is a clear reiteration of the message to the Democrats: you won't win by claiming to be 0.1% less bad. The Democrats should have fielded a strong personality in their own right. This is not about left or right. It's about mobilizing people by giving them something to care about. "More of the same" and "not like that guy" isn't very enticing. I don't think…
This time the Americans could choose between two completely different types of personalities for their President.
- A quite smart and kind Woman who believes in demcratic values
- An extremely selfish, through and through corrupt and unbelievably stupid bully with a clear agenda to end the Democracy
The chose. That's all. Nothing to see here.
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#446My condolences to all north americans.
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#447“It’s the economy, stupid” has never been truer. People will trade their rights for more basic needs being fulfilled and most people simply aren’t happy with the one sided economy that has prevailed since the late 80s. Interest rates were too low for too long beginning circa 2000, and the massive flood of QE led to an explosion in house prices, car prices, and food. This is what the world gets for poor monetary and fiscal management for more than two decades.
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#448It’s all about the economy (remember, ‘it’s the economy, stupid’).
We keep hearing statistics showing that the economy is doing well, but I have yet to meet anyone who feels like they’re actually better off.
I’m not saying that the stats are wrong, but when it comes to politics, you can’t address economic anxiety by just pointing to statistics and saying, ‘Look, the numbers say everything is fine.’
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#449Is there some analysis why the polls didn't correctly predict the result? A failure in representative polls like this should be avoided with statistical methods.
The betting odds were not particularly close, especially in the last few weeks. It’s better to look at these rather than polling.
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#450For some of us this is not unexpected at all. But the margin and the likely win of the popular vote should send a clear message.
Indeed, how the heck did the Democrats lose the popular vote?
With Biden getting 80M+ votes in 2020, where did those millions of voters go? Harris was supposed to be Biden++