I know this is going to be a very "no-duh" sort of observation, but one thing that Trump Derangement Syndrome has really highlighted for me is the extent to which responding to one's fears by being irrational, childish, demanding, and "temper-tantrumy" makes the feared thing more likely to materialize into reality. Case in point, back in 2014, somebody like me would never have even considered voting for Trump in an election. Now I'm at the point where it's not possible to talk me out of it! And the TDS crowd have nobody but themselves and their childish hysterics (and let's not forget that Covid/ vaxx fanaticism are mere outgrowths of TDS) to thank for the fact that there are more Trump-voters now than there were in 2016.
100%. The people who hate Trump the most have only themselves to blame for making him seem far more appealing and popular than he actually is. This is classic Cosmic Doctrine stuff -- never hate that which you don't want to empower. I myself am neutral towards Trump. He did pretty well as a president but I would prefer it if RFK was "the one". Most likely that will never happen. If RFK gets in, they'll likely do to him what they did to his relatives. Back when Biden "won" the election, I made the decision not to care about politics at all. It's a crapshow, we're a third world banana republic, the dream is over, and I don't care. I just have to do my level best to survive and my guitar and piano aren't going to practice themselves.
I nearly felt the same about RFK until he went full Ibram X Kendi and confirmed that he's all aboard the race division narrative. My sincere hope is that he's simply outdated and uninformed about the modern state of race and racism and that he can come around on this, but his take on it feels like he's completely out of touch
Oh wow! Since I have tuned out so much, I had no idea. I will certainly look into it. Just my opinion but he doesn't have the remotest chance of becoming president. I don't think he will make it past the primaries.
Also, the Covid-19 debacle never would have happened or would have been a giant nothingburger if Trump had not been elected. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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