what I see so far is a lot of signalling - and thats important for base support. the talk gets refined for palatability to a wider audience as time passes.
if he stakes out fIrmly articulated progressive positions then I might get slightly interested. until then, he's just another billionaire that should not exist, rhetoric be damned. gonna take a whole lot to shake the triangulating politico smell.
we dont need a hero. we need a movement directing a leader.
edit: anyone able to give some constituancy specific info?
how about an ad tailored precisely by your recent history - graphics/audio/content and all, delivered to you in different ways depending on how you are feeling at any given moment? an instant and dynamic money extraction machine shaping and shaped by your second by second stream of clicks and queries, completing the transformation of everyone into lab monkeys.
ai is already your online sig-o, friend, assistant, whatever, so...?
yeah, agreed on that - gotta consider those as actual bad actors. "on the ground, irl" I didnt see much of it though. not saying in super close races it made no difference, but around here, even the ones disgusted by abhorrent dem behaviour, held their noses and pulled straight dem ticket.
what I do think had a meaningful negative impact was the lack of enthusiasm for the harris campaign as the election neared - not enough outreach and "bring 5 friends" moments. the early relief of "thank fuck its not biden!" was systematically snuffed out.
just a ton of misreading and lost opportunity by Democratic functionaries and we are left with an even more broken world. I am hoping beyond hope that there is a remaking of the Democratic party and a concerted effort, at least on the state level, for an end to first past the post.
the absolute rage and betrayal felt by a non-trivial number of diverse, dem leaning coalition members was not artificial in the least and needed no outside aggitation to make it one of thousands of dem self-inflicted papercuts that bled the soul out of dem support.
my family has consistently voted against the fascist monster, but the dems have helped hand the country over to them for decades. the republicans made the monster, but the dems failed to bar the door and seal the windows. neo-liberalism (even by the most gentle definition) is imploding globally in a spectacular way.
no defense of nyt, but there was milquetoast acknowledgment of due process and the desire of some to do away with it. it was couched as "who are we, really?"
certainly weak, but the background stories presented at least somewhat humanized the victims here and offered local, expert information showing how pathetically flawed "gang membership" determination is.
not disagreeing with you - I find performative "wrestle drama" absolutely, mind numbingly pointless. my preference is to participate in (and ocassionally watch) unscripted combat sport.
however... I have trained competitive martial arts for decades (muay thai, bjj, others) and most of these "wrestling" participants are pretty skilled athletes. it takes training to turn combinations of techniques designed to injure into something reasonably harmless. there is a pretty fine line separating sparring from a fight.
I know you know this, but its still useful to remember that these players are actors as well as athletes and that can obviously be pretty inviting for a lot of viewers.
perhaps "home insecure" is a better term. this market may turn many "home owners" into home renters.
those with unserviceable mortgages will lose them, increasing supply and putting further downward pressure on pricing right after a countrywide housing price bubble. these people are going to be massively underwater on their debt. there may be some people with the means to buy in a down market, but I think many homes will be snapped up at auction by corps for rental.
I am not sure how any of this results in an increase in wealth for average people. its likely going to end up as another massive wealth transfer upwards.
what I see so far is a lot of signalling - and thats important for base support. the talk gets refined for palatability to a wider audience as time passes.
if he stakes out fIrmly articulated progressive positions then I might get slightly interested. until then, he's just another billionaire that should not exist, rhetoric be damned. gonna take a whole lot to shake the triangulating politico smell.
we dont need a hero. we need a movement directing a leader.
edit: anyone able to give some constituancy specific info?