If that were possible, then I think it proves their point that people are overreacting to the “fake news media”.
But I don’t think that will be possible, because it really seems like there’s no way all of these piss poor executive orders won’t have very tangible repercussions on the working class. It’s already starting with govt workers being laid off, all retail chains telling shareholders that they’ll be raising prices in response to tariffs, grocery prices continuing to rise, and people having loved ones shipped off to Guantanamo.
IMO, today it’s protests, and in a year if it continues on this course, it will turn into outrage. Many many people are at their breaking point, not politically, but just from the ability to survive. He’s going to say it’s AntiFa, BLM, and Communists trying to stop him from saving the country, but only his core base will continue to accept that. Rhetoric and excuses don’t put food on the table.
But I don’t think that will be possible, because it really seems like there’s no way all of these piss poor executive orders won’t have very tangible repercussions on the working class.
I think that’s where the rubber hits the road in this country. I don’t think any mass movement against Trump will start up until there are large repercussions that are clearly linked to his actions. But unfortunately, the bar has been raised over the years as well because the rich people are mostly for the pain he’s inflicting and the country is organized and run by the rich.
It’s starting to look like COVID was the test run the right-wingers on social media were worried about, but as per usual they viewed it through the wrong lens. COVID taught the rich that allowing mass disease, pain, disaster, wealth transfer, and death in the country will not make it more community-oriented and compassionate and will not result in any political repercussions for those exacerbating the problems. COVID was a test run for just how much suffering the people of this country were willing to tolerate without getting unruly (which apparently we as a country have a much bigger appetite than I would have guessed), and the lasting narrative of COVID isn’t that the Republicans did too little, it’s that we shouldn’t have bothered doing as much as we did to help those suffering.
It’s difficult to see how there will be even a splintering in this coalition before it’s way too late to do anything about it.
I don’t know why the country and its leaders didn’t see that getting him out of office in 2021 relatively easily was a miracle and we’re not likely to be blessed twice. I think we have a long, and difficult road ahead of us to ever align this country even slightly in the interests of its people.
I don’t agree that covid was a representative “test run” of suffering we’re willing to tolerate, because I think 1% of people with 100% suffering (i.e. death) is not the same as 99% of people with, let’s say 50% suffering (losing jobs, not having enough food, poor healthcare). Like it or not, for most people, covid was a minor inconvenience. For most people it did amount to a flu. But this presidency is poised to be much more impactful to more people, IMO. And I think that will make a huge difference in how red states react.
If that were possible, then I think it proves their point that people are overreacting to the “fake news media”.
But I don’t think that will be possible, because it really seems like there’s no way all of these piss poor executive orders won’t have very tangible repercussions on the working class. It’s already starting with govt workers being laid off, all retail chains telling shareholders that they’ll be raising prices in response to tariffs, grocery prices continuing to rise, and people having loved ones shipped off to Guantanamo.
IMO, today it’s protests, and in a year if it continues on this course, it will turn into outrage. Many many people are at their breaking point, not politically, but just from the ability to survive. He’s going to say it’s AntiFa, BLM, and Communists trying to stop him from saving the country, but only his core base will continue to accept that. Rhetoric and excuses don’t put food on the table.
I think that’s where the rubber hits the road in this country. I don’t think any mass movement against Trump will start up until there are large repercussions that are clearly linked to his actions. But unfortunately, the bar has been raised over the years as well because the rich people are mostly for the pain he’s inflicting and the country is organized and run by the rich.
It’s starting to look like COVID was the test run the right-wingers on social media were worried about, but as per usual they viewed it through the wrong lens. COVID taught the rich that allowing mass disease, pain, disaster, wealth transfer, and death in the country will not make it more community-oriented and compassionate and will not result in any political repercussions for those exacerbating the problems. COVID was a test run for just how much suffering the people of this country were willing to tolerate without getting unruly (which apparently we as a country have a much bigger appetite than I would have guessed), and the lasting narrative of COVID isn’t that the Republicans did too little, it’s that we shouldn’t have bothered doing as much as we did to help those suffering.
It’s difficult to see how there will be even a splintering in this coalition before it’s way too late to do anything about it.
I don’t know why the country and its leaders didn’t see that getting him out of office in 2021 relatively easily was a miracle and we’re not likely to be blessed twice. I think we have a long, and difficult road ahead of us to ever align this country even slightly in the interests of its people.
I don’t agree that covid was a representative “test run” of suffering we’re willing to tolerate, because I think 1% of people with 100% suffering (i.e. death) is not the same as 99% of people with, let’s say 50% suffering (losing jobs, not having enough food, poor healthcare). Like it or not, for most people, covid was a minor inconvenience. For most people it did amount to a flu. But this presidency is poised to be much more impactful to more people, IMO. And I think that will make a huge difference in how red states react.