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Trump wins presidency for second time

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Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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Post by ryan_lane »

pmarreck wrote: post #416

Reddit is finding out that if you block everyone not inside your echo chamber, but are still in the smaller echo chamber, every election will shock you It unfortunately sits on the shoulders of progressives seeking change to convince the conservatives not seeking it to do so. By choosing not to do this asymmetric work, this is the consequence

Facebook users have the opposite problem, where there's unchecked misinformation and self-inflicted echo chambers. Twitter was taken over by a Trump ally and Harris supporters mostly fled, were banned, or had their content shadow banned; it's a white suprematist echo chamber. Fox news, CNN, and sinclair (which owns most local news), and clear channel are all owned by Trump supporters.

Hitler rose via radio, and Trump rose via social media and billionares.

Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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Post by returningfory2 »

scrps wrote: post #929

If the GOP sweeps both chambers and form a supermajority they will be in the position where they are expected to deliver what their constituents were promised without any opposition. Hell of a tight-rope given the scale of their promises and how rabidly sure the GOP base is on their ability to deliver.

The GOP won't have a supermajority, as the word is usually understood (i.e., having more than two thirds of the seats in the Senate). They'll have barely more than half the seats in both houses. So they can pass some things using the reconciliation process, but can't pass general legislation without Democrat support or abolishing the filibuster.

Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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Post by yukinon »

totaldude87 wrote: post #597

For many this ended up with "Have i felt better over the past 4 years" . Imagine coming out of covid, without a recession, only to be hit with inflation (both parties to blame) and sky high interest rates coupled with all other stuff like illegal border crossing to lack of majority support from Women to Harris to Harris being a silent VP for 4 full years and thrown to lime light.

I don't disagree with your message, but-

> coupled with all other stuff like illegal border crossing

I've seen a few comments talk about this, but this doesn't affect my day-to-day literally at all. This never crosses my mind because there aren't illegals I come across or maybe just don't ever cross paths with. Is this primarily a border state thing? If so, wouldn't that limit it to just CA, TX, NM, AZ? And only one of those is a swing state.

Re: Trump wins presidency for second time

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Post by fargle »

chrishare wrote: post #804

Even if you support his economic approach, for example, wouldn't his criminal behaviour, or his racist and transphobic views disqualify him? One does not wash away the other.

> his criminal behaviour

openly going after him that way and trying to "destroy" him (letisha), using the legal system as a bludgeon for political reasons was a huge mistake. so this continuously worked for him, not against.

you could take anybody of any party and find a venue somewhere in the country with a cooperative DA and get a jury to convict on some felony. [1] people realize this and aren't fooled. so it just isn't done. it probably isn't done more because it's a self-own than because it's morally wrong, but that's politics.

the ends certainly do not justify the means, but regardless it's also an incredibly stupid strategy.

> racist and transphobic views

unfortunately, these words, as well as "nazi" and "fascist" have been misused, abused, and overused to the point of utter uselessness. so now it's far to easy for people to just say "maybe i don't like DEI or i do like having police dept. so apparently makes me a 'literally violent racist' now. this is just more of that same vitriol, ignoring it"

trump did not win the election. he just stood around while the radicals and extremists on the left lost it for themselves. bigly.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_the_man_and_I_will_giv...

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Post by rKarpinski »

NickC25 wrote: post #829

Again the DEM party took another opportunity to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They should have nominated Mark Kelly. The GOP ran on "this bitch hates America". You can't run on that against a 4 star rear admiral who also went into space.

> You can't run on that against a 4 star rear admiral who also went into space.

He was a Captain [1]. And what on 'Earth'(!) is a "4 star rear admiral"?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kelly

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Post by Seattle3503 »

paxys wrote: post #640

This will sadly be the end of FCC/FTC and all the antitrust efforts that were graining steam over the last few years.

Trump's FCC approved ATSC 3.0, which allows bradcasters to put DRM on their over the air TV broadcasts. Decryption requires a license and internet connection. I run into this every time I use my TV now. This is not only inconvenient, it makes me less safe in the event of an emergency.

The FCC should not have allowed this to happen on the public's airwaves, but I expect more of the same in Trump's second term.

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Post by diamond559 »

drawkward wrote: post #553

It's the economy, stupid: -Inflation is not prices; it is the rate of change in prices. Low inflation doesn't imply low prices. -Aggregate statistics don't necessarily explain individual outcomes. The Dems failed on this count massively, and have, for maybe the last 40 years, which is about the amount of time it took for my state to go from national bellwether (As goes Ohio, so goes the nation) to a reliably red stat…

That is just factually wrong: "Blinder and Watson found that since 1945 the average inflation rate was higher under Republican presidents than under Democrats". Wages are also higher under Dems.

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Post by cryptonector »

totaldude87 wrote: post #597

For many this ended up with "Have i felt better over the past 4 years" . Imagine coming out of covid, without a recession, only to be hit with inflation (both parties to blame) and sky high interest rates coupled with all other stuff like illegal border crossing to lack of majority support from Women to Harris to Harris being a silent VP for 4 full years and thrown to lime light.

There was a tremendous drop in GDP during covid. I don't care how long that was, if it was one quarter or three, it's a recession.

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Post by cryptonector »

bovermyer wrote: post #857

Just out of (actual) curiosity: is the culture divide now strong enough that dissolution of the Union is a possibility? If so, why? If not, why not?

No. For many many reasons, not the least of which is that an amicable split seems extremely unlikely, and so does a civil war. Next question.
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