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  1. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    It doesn’t matter. If the “vibes” are unpopular then the policies are unpopular.

    It doesn’t matter. If the “vibes” are unpopular then the policies are unpopular.

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  2. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    I agree it’s hard but if the Democrats want to win in the future they’re gonna need to find a way to compete with it. Running the unpopular Biden administration’s VP is surely not the way.

    I agree it’s hard but if the Democrats want to win in the future they’re gonna need to find a way to compete with it. Running the unpopular Biden administration’s VP is surely not the way.

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  3. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    Exactly. I don’t think you even need to have a solution you just need to seem genuinely empathetic to the people who are struggling. Trump does this in a way that Harris could never do. No one...

    Exactly. I don’t think you even need to have a solution you just need to seem genuinely empathetic to the people who are struggling. Trump does this in a way that Harris could never do. No one wants to hear about how great things are when they are struggling.

    People like to joke about Trump’s McDonals and Garbage truck schtick but I think a lot of working class folks really appreciated it.

    8 votes

  4. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    Yeah I don’t know how you compete against it. I really don’t think Harris stood a chance no matter what she said. People aren’t happy with the Biden administration. It doesn’t matter if the...

    Yeah I don’t know how you compete against it. I really don’t think Harris stood a chance no matter what she said.

    People aren’t happy with the Biden administration. It doesn’t matter if the reasons for being unhappy are legitimate or not. They aren’t going to be enthusiastic about voting for his VP.

    I think running a candidate who was unaffiliated with Biden and letting them distance themself from his administration would have been a better move.

    Dems also need a candidate who can publicly distance themself from the far left. Leftist policies and ideas are very unpopular among the majority of Americans. Trying to appease these people is a losing game, all you are doing is giving republicans ammo to attack you with.

    8 votes

  5. Comment on Donald Trump's team mulls postponing Ukraine's NATO membership for at least twenty years, WSJ reports in ~society

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    You really want Biden to send American kids to go die in Ukraine? Biden escalating the war his last two months in office would make things considerably worse for the Ukrainian people. It would be...

    One thing that occurred to me is Biden could deploy active forces if he wanted, and push for a resolution by dislodging Russian troops from Ukraine's borders

    You really want Biden to send American kids to go die in Ukraine? Biden escalating the war his last two months in office would make things considerably worse for the Ukrainian people. It would be extremely unpopular among the American people, the majority of whom want nothing to with this war.

    The benefit to Ukraine is that the war would be over. They are losing. People who lose wars typically lose territory. It sucks but that is reality.

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  6. Comment on Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 28 in ~news

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    You are still being hyperbolic. Nine does not equal dozens.

    You are still being hyperbolic. Nine does not equal dozens.

  7. Comment on Donald Trump didn't win on the US economy. He won on the perception of it. in ~society

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    If you own assets the economy is great. The lower and middle class don't care that the stock market is at all time highs. Sure we beat inflation, but the reality is that homes are twice as...
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    Yes—inflation is real. But the Biden economy has been great in many ways. The U.S. economy, wrote The Economist in mid-October, is “the envy of the world.”

    If you own assets the economy is great. The lower and middle class don't care that the stock market is at all time highs. Sure we beat inflation, but the reality is that homes are twice as expensive as they were five years ago, mortgage rates are above 7%, their grocery bill is still double, childcare is completely unaffordable, etc. People don't need fox news to tell them this. Telling voters "you are stupid the economy is actually great" isn't going to make them come out and vote for you.

    The democrats need to completely change their messaging. What they are doing is not appealing to voters. The rhetoric in this article is part of the reason why they lost.

    76 votes

  8. Comment on Why US Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan in ~society

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    This. The you can't keep pushing people away and then wonder why they don't show up to vote.

    This. The you can't keep pushing people away and then wonder why they don't show up to vote.

    6 votes

  9. Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society

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    Here are my miscellaneous thoughts as someone who lives in the NYC suburbs. I have been a registered Democrat since 2016. Prior to that I was registered as an Independent voting for Obama in 2008,...

    Here are my miscellaneous thoughts as someone who lives in the NYC suburbs. I have been a registered Democrat since 2016. Prior to that I was registered as an Independent voting for Obama in 2008, 2012. I admit I have been drifting more right the past few years as I have gotten older/moved out of NYC.

    1. The Economy. The Economy. The Economy. This is all most voters care about. Its basically the only thing that voters on both sides of the aisle can agree about.

    2. Democrats are losing the culture war. It's anecdotal but among my Republican family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers, Democrats are seen as the party of anti-semites, Karens, and weirdos.

    3. Relating to the above point, it's not cool among young people to be a Democrat.

    4. I think the pro-palestine protests on college campuses did a lot more damage to the Democrats then people on here realize.

    5. The Donal Trump, JD Vance podcast tour was very effective.

    6. Biden dropping out at the last minute and then not having a primary was an huge fumble. Everyone knew Biden was going senile. He should have dropped out months earlier. Kamala was set up for failure.

    7. Kamala was not a good candidate. I doubt she would have won a primary if there was one. Donal Trump was a very good candidate (not saying he's a good person). The RNC gave its voters exactly what they wanted and they won.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    I agree ranked choice voting would be a good idea. It's still a form of democracy.

    I agree ranked choice voting would be a good idea. It's still a form of democracy.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    It's not perfect but so far it has proven to be better then any other system. Which form of government do you propose we replace it with?

    It's not perfect but so far it has proven to be better then any other system. Which form of government do you propose we replace it with?

    5 votes

  12. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    Every latino immigrant I know is pretty conservative. They are usually religious, anti-abortion, anti-crime, anti-open borders and not huge fans of the lgbt community. It's foolish and a mistake...

    Every latino immigrant I know is pretty conservative. They are usually religious, anti-abortion, anti-crime, anti-open borders and not huge fans of the lgbt community. It's foolish and a mistake for Democrats to just assume they will get their votes because they are brown.

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  13. Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society

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    A look at some states that were predicted as safe blue. State 2020 margin 2024 margin New Jersey D+15.19 D+4.7 Illinois D+16.9 D+7 New York D+23.1 D+9.8 Connecticut D+20.1 D+11.7 Rhode Island...

    A look at some states that were predicted as safe blue.

    State 2020 margin 2024 margin
    New Jersey D+15.19 D+4.7
    Illinois D+16.9 D+7
    New York D+23.1 D+9.8
    Connecticut D+20.1 D+11.7
    Rhode Island D+20.7 D+13.1
    17 votes

  14. Comment on Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 21 in ~news

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    I agree 100%. Unfortunately, Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah have no problem escalating. It does no one in Israel any favors to just sit on their hands and do nothing while they are attacked on all...

    A lack of escalation is absolutely beneficial to Israeli citizenry. A lack of escalation means less likelihood of regional wars, which tend to have negative impacts on local populaces.

    I agree 100%. Unfortunately, Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah have no problem escalating. It does no one in Israel any favors to just sit on their hands and do nothing while they are attacked on all sides by enemies chanting from the river to the sea.

    Iran is the one destabilizing the region not Israel.

  15. Comment on US mortgage rates back to 7% in ~finance

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    While we should expect the election to continue making for a volatile rate environment, it's not the only game in town. This week sees the return of highly relevant economic data with Friday's jobs report being the most important, by far. Each of the past two jobs reports has had a huge impact on rates due to wide deviations from expectations. If Friday's report is anywhere nearly as surprising, the impact on rates should play out on a similar scale.

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  17. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 21 in ~society

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    I think this highly depends on the age group we are talking about. Young people (who notoriously don't show up to vote) get their political news on TikTok. I also wonder how much political content...

    TikTok is where people who don’t follow politics closely are being reached, CNN is just where the candidate goes because it’s expected.

    I think this highly depends on the age group we are talking about. Young people (who notoriously don't show up to vote) get their political news on TikTok. I also wonder how much political content is even showing up in someones algorithm who doesn't follow politics.

    Also it's not like candidates are going out doing interviews on TikTok. A lot of the TikTok political commentary is just random "political experts" dissecting interviews and podcasts that happened elsewhere (CNN, Joe Rogan, etc.). This is what the average voter is seeing they are not subscribing to the Political Wire.

  18. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 21 in ~society

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    Did you ever consider that you are the one in a bubble? Her town hall with Anderson Cooper was painful to watch. She tries to distance herself from Biden but is unable to articulate how she is...

    If you’re not hearing about it, it’s probably because the bubble you’re in is more focused on complaining about the Democrats, process, and rhetoric than actually talking about policy.

    Did you ever consider that you are the one in a bubble? Her town hall with Anderson Cooper was painful to watch. She tries to distance herself from Biden but is unable to articulate how she is going to be any different. She is not doing a good job of getting her messaging across (especially to people who don't follow politics closely).

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  19. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 21 in ~society

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    You don't have to apologize you are entitled to your opinion.

    You don't have to apologize you are entitled to your opinion.

  20. Comment on Weekly Middle East war megathread - week of October 21 in ~news

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    Israel has no reason to believe them. They say this as they fund and support Hezbollah who has been attacking Israel for over a year now. Not to mention them being behind the October 7th attack...

    "This was the last attack, and we're stopping now," and you have reason to believe them

    Israel has no reason to believe them. They say this as they fund and support Hezbollah who has been attacking Israel for over a year now. Not to mention them being behind the October 7th attack which started this whole war in the first place.

    it's beneficial to everybody to not fire back over

    Beneficial to everybody except Israel. No other country would be expected to tolerate what Iran is doing to them.

    6 votes