Quote (Black XistenZ @ Oct 12 2022 11:27am)
The mechanism I described is universal and predates Trump by decades.
The difference between Trump and Biden is in the kind of support and opposition they are getting: Trump had die-hard supporters, call them cultists if you will; there was genuine excitement for him. His support was organic, what was artificial and driven by partisanship was the silence of the Trump-critical elements of the GOP. For Biden, it's the exact opposite: there are very few voices inside the Democratic party who oppose his policy direction*, but there is very little organic excitement for him; it has to be manufactured by party activists and allies in the media.
*there are many who want him to go further
This is one of the reasons they are so aggressive and smug, it is a transparent effort to mask their insecurities. Their political gains have so little to do with correctness, or serving Americans' best interests, while real people actually genuinely love Donald Trump based on the ideas his persona represents, for better or for worse. In essence they are the political equivalent of single, childless middle aged women looking scornfully at young happy mothers, pretending to be fulfilled while drowning in wine, cats, and trashy harlequin romance novels.
This post was edited by Thebarba on Oct 14 2022 08:22pm