In private, some Republicans are saying it would be better if Trump loses the next election.
From a non-partisan standpoint, we're cutting it really close. Most alarm lights that haven't had masking tape put over them by the government are screaming imminent stagflationary depression, maybe one of the worst in American History, and everyone with eyes and basic math skills can see the looming sovereign debt crisis. Nobody wants to be holding this hot potato because whoever is in power at that time is almost certainly going to preside over a disaster and there's nothing to be done about it.
From a totally non-partisan standpoint, Kamala Harris is a terrible candidate for President. She speaks to the American Public like they're 4 year olds, her record as Vice President is basically free real estate for the Republicans, she was the least liked vice president in US history, her only primary campaign was the weakest of all the Democrats on stage with her dropping out first, There are better people within the Democratic party to run, but they didn't and they aren't -- instead they installed Kamala more or less by fiat. I think part of the reason for that is they're not stupid and they know full well winning the next election is a phyrric victory, and whoever is president during that term is effectively ending their political career so might as well let the weakest candidate either lose and end her career or win and end her career. In so doing, they keep their powder dry for the next viable election cycle.
Notwithstanding concerns that Trump will try to crown himself dictator (concerns that I think the conservative response to January 6th prove unfounded -- conservatives want to conserve the constitution and violating that would not go over well), he's only got one term left as president, and he's getting quite old so this is probably his last kick at the can so regardless of whether the party wants to win or not, he clearly does. He seems to be going all-in on a big tent strategy this time, which is why he's brought former democrats like RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard into the fold and adopted compromise positions on wedge issues such as abortion. Personally, as long as he retains his core identity and brand, I think it's a winning strategy, insofar as such a thing can exist.
From a non-partisan standpoint, we're cutting it really close. Most alarm lights that haven't had masking tape put over them by the government are screaming imminent stagflationary depression, maybe one of the worst in American History, and everyone with eyes and basic math skills can see the looming sovereign debt crisis. Nobody wants to be holding this hot potato because whoever is in power at that time is almost certainly going to preside over a disaster and there's nothing to be done about it.
From a totally non-partisan standpoint, Kamala Harris is a terrible candidate for President. She speaks to the American Public like they're 4 year olds, her record as Vice President is basically free real estate for the Republicans, she was the least liked vice president in US history, her only primary campaign was the weakest of all the Democrats on stage with her dropping out first, There are better people within the Democratic party to run, but they didn't and they aren't -- instead they installed Kamala more or less by fiat. I think part of the reason for that is they're not stupid and they know full well winning the next election is a phyrric victory, and whoever is president during that term is effectively ending their political career so might as well let the weakest candidate either lose and end her career or win and end her career. In so doing, they keep their powder dry for the next viable election cycle.
Notwithstanding concerns that Trump will try to crown himself dictator (concerns that I think the conservative response to January 6th prove unfounded -- conservatives want to conserve the constitution and violating that would not go over well), he's only got one term left as president, and he's getting quite old so this is probably his last kick at the can so regardless of whether the party wants to win or not, he clearly does. He seems to be going all-in on a big tent strategy this time, which is why he's brought former democrats like RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard into the fold and adopted compromise positions on wedge issues such as abortion. Personally, as long as he retains his core identity and brand, I think it's a winning strategy, insofar as such a thing can exist.
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@sj_zero If there's going to be an economic crisis during the next term, there isn't going to be another election for a long time. Despite all their grandstanding the US government knows it cannot ultimately win a full on war against the American people. There are simply too many enemies who want to take a pound of flesh at this point.
They were hoping I think that robots would save them, but early launches of things like GPT show that even the robots know they are full of shit. And all it would really take is the right questions to be answered under the right circumstances to totally break the elitist's control over the bots. Never-ending software updates notwithstanding and quite frankly not viable.
At this point their only real hope for a win is to indefinitely kick the can down the road, in the hopes that eventually winning conditions can be met, or else flee somewhere and hunker down. I don't see a win for them out of any of this, short of total global annihilation, which of course would affect them too.
They were hoping I think that robots would save them, but early launches of things like GPT show that even the robots know they are full of shit. And all it would really take is the right questions to be answered under the right circumstances to totally break the elitist's control over the bots. Never-ending software updates notwithstanding and quite frankly not viable.
At this point their only real hope for a win is to indefinitely kick the can down the road, in the hopes that eventually winning conditions can be met, or else flee somewhere and hunker down. I don't see a win for them out of any of this, short of total global annihilation, which of course would affect them too.
@sj_zero I hope koonmala wins and enjoys the victory amid an economic crysis, it will be fun to see the democrats trying to say there is no inflation the next 4 years like they did these last 4.