The differences for me between now and decades ago living in Alabama:
I’m the same existentially scared but back then I felt no strong need to do anything but ride the ride, so no guilt about needing to do more (any) activism/oeganing. Plus I hadn’t yet been teased with the temporary progress of the shit like gay marriage
I think they were so afraid to acknowledge inflation that they never tried putting it in the appropriate context. That drove me nuts too. Our inflation situation was better than basically the entire developed world, and you never ever heard anybody say it. But it probably wouldn’t have mattered. “Eggs cost $20” is still more easily digestible.
Would you rather eggs cost $20 or not have $20 because you don’t have a job?
This is the choice we had to make because of the dire situation we inherited. America job numbers are great and inflation has come down so we really accomplished what they said couldn’t be done.
2 years prior “We inherited a situation of stagflation. We have kept the economy roaring and are taking steps to control inflation as well”
Do the Trump thing and tout all the things that have gone well and blame your predecessor on things that didn’t.
If there is a global recession you had no control over you’re not getting reelected anyway.
I’m not saying you’re wrong. I’m just not sure it would’ve worked. For whatever reason, America buys the right’s bullshit.
You think voters are up for a nuanced discussion about the context of inflation?
At least we saved women’s sports.
What’s the deal with the House? Is it gone?
I didn’t like the “we’re the underdogs” strategy. Underdogs aren’t as good as the other team but sometimes they lucky and win. They’re lovable losers. If you’re the underdog, Trump must be the favorite, with the better team. Seems like a self-own to me.
Uh, Trump solved inflation, duh
Disagree.
Starting with reality is the wrong frame of reference.
This is a post truth result
Dems should just start yelling about election interference and fraud for four years
I’m dreading all the people who are going to wake up today and suddenly realize that inflation has gone down and isn’t a problem and attribute it to Trump
Yup. Inflation has been brought under control, stock market at all time highs, historic run of low unemployment. Thank you Trump!
This is my regular reminder that climate change isn’t like this.
We aren’t “screwed” (binary) we are set on a particular degree of screwed. Effective climate change policy in 10 years is worse than doing it today, but better than nothing.
This problem keeps getting worse so long as we keep putting fossil fuels into the atmosphere.
I.e. this is a fight where doomerism is absolutely the wrong approach and we need to keep going.
The solution to climate change and all global issues is the rest of the world needs to start treating the US like North Korea as much as possible. Steps need to be taken to disengage and simply ignore them. The US will be an anchor on all progress for a generation so the rest of the world needs to move forward assuming they simply have to overcome that impediment to any policy advance for all issues. America will only be looking backwards now.
Also, I don’t care how organized the left gets, in this day and age, I don’t think it’s possible to compete with a couple determined billionaires who can literally enrich an army of people to spread their propaganda with the snap of their fingers and it not even make a dent in their finances.
There’s been times like this before and somehow the left made inroads
Yeah, this is who we are.
This is actually going to be interesting. How does Trump react to an escalating carbon border adjustment from the EU?
If he retaliates with tariffs, does the EU blink? I think they might
The other question is how does Europe respond to a possible removal of support for Ukraine? An expansionist Russia on their doorstep is existential stuff for some of those countries. Do they send troops?
