Trump bullshits to everyone, but the Democrats have done something worse. They have lied to themselves. Worse their supporters suffer from preference falsification, so that even when they know there is a problem they don't want to be seen supporting a 'right wing' talking point. It is utterly reckless behaviour, particularly if you take the more hyperbolic claim that democracy itself is at stake at face value. If that's true, then you don't head into late 2023 onwards with an unpopular Vice-President, chosen for the wrong reasons, and a candidate who is obviously struggling. You have honest conversations, and fix the problem. A historic failure of succession planning, which aside from the concerns you have mentioned about capability if elected, means that other Western Democracies standing up against authoritarian despots in near conflict, or actual war, may be left unsupported by the US.
So true. The colossal amounts of Copium being consumed by Democrats right now is so disheartening to see: can we lend them Cummings, just to swear a lot and fire the fools? (Actually maybe they could keep him😬)
I know it's clichéd, but it's a systems and responsibility problem that we see writ large across western institutions. Nobody is ever to blame. We have
feedback loops run by lawyers which essentially create even more layers of responsibility diffusion. More credentialism and agents with less and less personal accountability.
Trump bullshits to everyone, but the Democrats have done something worse. They have lied to themselves. Worse their supporters suffer from preference falsification, so that even when they know there is a problem they don't want to be seen supporting a 'right wing' talking point. It is utterly reckless behaviour, particularly if you take the more hyperbolic claim that democracy itself is at stake at face value. If that's true, then you don't head into late 2023 onwards with an unpopular Vice-President, chosen for the wrong reasons, and a candidate who is obviously struggling. You have honest conversations, and fix the problem. A historic failure of succession planning, which aside from the concerns you have mentioned about capability if elected, means that other Western Democracies standing up against authoritarian despots in near conflict, or actual war, may be left unsupported by the US.
Yes, I agree with all that. And you were right and I was wrong!
So true. The colossal amounts of Copium being consumed by Democrats right now is so disheartening to see: can we lend them Cummings, just to swear a lot and fire the fools? (Actually maybe they could keep him😬)
I know it's clichéd, but it's a systems and responsibility problem that we see writ large across western institutions. Nobody is ever to blame. We have
feedback loops run by lawyers which essentially create even more layers of responsibility diffusion. More credentialism and agents with less and less personal accountability.