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knowltok's avatar

I'd suggest that this is a natural process that is part of being in power. As such, it is usually offset by the incumbent advantage.

I think we will have the added benefit of Biden running against a known quantity. It is one thing to be upset with Clinton and Gore and either sit out or even switch to a 'compassionate' conservative who isn't going to send a $10M missile up a camel's butt. It is quite another to be upset with Biden and pick to support Trump by either not voting or switching.

Pick any issue from above and Trump is obviously going to be worse. And for those of certain groups recently in the country, they might want to take a look at executive order 9066.

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Walternate πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦'s avatar

There's this small part of me, though bigger than I'd like to admit, that almost wants to see Trump elected and the prognostications to come to fruition, if only just to see all of these people (anyone explicitly supporting Trump, not supporting Biden out of some misguided principle, and in particular, those that say, "it can't happen here!") can experience the consequences first-hand. Of course, that would be terrible, but sometimes I wish I could just get through to those that are determined not to be reached and perhaps a dose of reality would finally break through. Then again, they'd probably say things aren't that bad and that they'd be worse under Biden...

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knowltok's avatar

Totally get that. Way too many of them would be fine as long as the trains run on time.

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Walternate πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦'s avatar

And knowing people, they probably wouldn't even be train riders, just like how retired folks are unhappy about our education system that they don't have kids in.

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knowltok's avatar

Well, to be fair, it isn't teaching slide rules, cursive writing, or shorthand anymore. And don't get them started on how 'civics' isn't taught anymore (while it is predominantly the older crowd who supports a coup now and again).

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Walternate πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡©πŸ‡°πŸ‡¬πŸ‡±πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦'s avatar

I learned cursive and short hand, but never the slide rule. It seems the decay had started all the way back then.

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knowltok's avatar

"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."

D. Adams

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Mary's avatar

I feel ya buddy….

It is sooooooo frustrating.

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Mike Lew's avatar

I've had the exact same thought, but here's the problem... no matter how bad it gets, there will always be an excuse or new liberal to blame for the problems. Things will never get so bad that reality actually peeks in. There will just be more enemies of the people and more scapegoats.

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JMFK's avatar

What they need is a temporary but vivid alternate reality experience wherein Trump has been President for 7 years, like in "A Christmas Carol" or "It's a Wonderful life". Very appropriate for the holiday season.

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