americans are awful at protesting. they show up, cant figure out where to park, have no organizations, have lame chants (e.g. hey hey, ho ho, donald trump has go to go), present the same meaningless meme protest posters, leave tons of trash behind, and it last a few hours. Nothing is sustained for multiple days or weeks, and the solidarity is with people who already were with you.

Depends where. Some of the world loves America

Americans and most of the world don’t care what’s happening in Israel. As a yank living abroad and often traveling for work (conferences, support, sales) It’s typically viewed as an extension of a 30 year conflict, extended on an 80 year conflict, extended on a 1500 year old conflict. In otherwords, it’s “passe.” it’s boring because it’s the norm. it’s unfortunate.

I despise him, but 1 of 2 good things I think he did was call out NATO nations for not contributing their fair share. Merkel’s face when he said this was like that of a dog that’s been caught getting into the cupboard.

(the other thing he did was to call out drug companies for making medications so expensive. of course he didn’t followup, but that was a good thing to say)

Very few voters care about what is happening in Israel. A poll (I think msnbc) weeks before the election showed about 2% of voters considered it a “top 3” issue for them.

I think there are 3 reasons.

1. The economy is ALWAYS, FUCKING ALWAYS, the driving force behind the general public’s vote. The current American economy, when observed at a macro level, has been great under Biden’s presidency. Inflation induced by COVID and Trump’s first term policies has been declining, GDP is up, the trade balance is good, and interest rates are starting to come down. Americans aren’t benefiting from this in their personal finances. The wealth gap is severe because of trickle down economics. The democrats are shit at communicating this or even having a plan for it. Instead the democrats campaigned that identity politics were as important as the economy. Just fucking stupid. We all know the democrats policy on minority rights and protections. Talk about the economy and how you’ll make individuals wealthier.

2. Some exit polls asked what emotions voters felt when they voted. The bi-partisan answer was overwhelmingly anger. (I think it was a cnn poll and a smaller website poll.) Guess which candidate plays into that emotion and guess which ran on “good vibes and joy.”

3. In 2020, Harris wasn’t well liked and didn’t primary well. She may have done her job well as VP, but the public didn’t know about it. She and her campaign didn’t even communicate what she was doing. When she was “anointed,” that turned off many democrats. Most of the excitement came from relatively few. The relatively many democrats or people who could be persuaded to vote democrat were not motivated. At current count, Trump has lost about 6 million votes from 2020. Harris has about 14 million less votes than Biden in 2020.

TLDR The DNC are master fuckups

she was anointed like Hilary Clinton. Voters dont like that.

Additionally, she and the democratic party didn’t tackle or communicate economics, which is always issue #1 no matter what.

Greta was very passionate and convincing as a teenager pleading for action on climate change. She’s not very educated beyond this

they all sound weird

The democrats control the weather and sent the hurricane.

great. now his popularity will increase with republicans

Is roblox a gacha game? My little 7 year old nephew wants to play but I’m not sure if it’s appropriate (as the gaming liason in the family)

There are macro plastics in my sack

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results.”

This is literally not the definition of insanity.

I’m a professor at a business school. They are 2 different fields.

why are ethics and sustainability in the same class? They are 2 different fields. It’d be like lumping a sociology and math class together.

Pete Buttigieg explained that Vance has no positions or principles. He’s a power hunting glory seeker. He thought Project2025 would be a path to that power and glory. It’s quite possible he doesn’t give a shit about P25, but now he’s tied to it.

brave of boebert to fight a battle of wits while unarmed

6 of one…

The media won’t. They want him to win for the ratings and clicks