The American people voted for a clown and got the circus.
Unwinding it all takes. at best, another 2 years.
I get it, these people are pretty terrible, but some reflection and soul-searching is needed. Why is such a large group so gullible/dumb/desperate and how has society/traditional republicans/democrats failed them? How did it come to this?
I would like to note, the clown is a convicted felon, and a convicted sex offender. Something known at the time of the second elections, by the millions who voted for him.
[−]austin-cheney · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:51 UTC ·
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Media manipulation. Same reason Elon bought Twitter.
Most people vote for whom they are told whether by their social circle or the media they consume.
The abnormal people are those who do independent research and weigh the consequences with objective measure. This is called conscientiousness and all research on this suggests it’s highly negatively correlated to intelligence at about -0.27.
I think you've got the tail wagging the dog. People don't get brainwashed by the media, the consume the media that aligns with how they already feel. And the recent elections buck your theory anyway. Trump won the because voters felt they were being left behind, life was hard and getting harder. Now they've punished Trump for the exact same reasons.
unwinding cannot really start for another two years, is that what you meant?
For why America (and others) are entertaining authoritarian leaders, the best explaination I've heard is The Tyranny of Merit. Neoliberal economics failed from its own successes. It made excuses and workarounds instead of understanding what it did to the un-credentialed working class and passed on building an economy that works for all people. This lead to hubris, corruption, and control by a smaller and smaller elite as power and wealth has concentrated.
Unwinding it all takes. at best, another 2 years.
I get it, these people are pretty terrible, but some reflection and soul-searching is needed. Why is such a large group so gullible/dumb/desperate and how has society/traditional republicans/democrats failed them? How did it come to this?
If other countries go back to trusting anything the U.S. says in just 2 years, I’d be gobsmacked.
I would like to note, the clown is a convicted felon, and a convicted sex offender. Something known at the time of the second elections, by the millions who voted for him.
Most people vote for whom they are told whether by their social circle or the media they consume.
The abnormal people are those who do independent research and weigh the consequences with objective measure. This is called conscientiousness and all research on this suggests it’s highly negatively correlated to intelligence at about -0.27.
Top issues this cycle were affordability (consistent) and corruption (new)
For why America (and others) are entertaining authoritarian leaders, the best explaination I've heard is The Tyranny of Merit. Neoliberal economics failed from its own successes. It made excuses and workarounds instead of understanding what it did to the un-credentialed working class and passed on building an economy that works for all people. This lead to hubris, corruption, and control by a smaller and smaller elite as power and wealth has concentrated.
https://youtu.be/Vp5qsEuUOWo?is=0GXcY4mSCA1zH_aU