remember this every time someone says the answer to any problem at all is to simply win several elections in a row (rather than passing legislation or taking executive action to deal with the problem) - ThreadSky

fleerultra.bsky.social • 11 days ago

remember this every time someone says the answer to any problem at all is to simply win several elections in a row (rather than passing legislation or taking executive action to deal with the problem)

Reposted from Patrick Cosmos

the american electoral system is basically 500,000 information-resistant people across a handful of states taking a guess and then going "haha! oops!" every two years. this process takes 18 months and costs four trillion dollars every time

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velourshirt.bsky.social•11 days ago

Meanwhile our allies are increasingly resistant to dealing with our schizophrenia

bworsowicz.bsky.social•11 days ago

Republicans when Obama issues one (1) executive order: you can't just rule by executive fiat like a king!

Democrats when Trump rules by executive fiat like a king: 🤷‍♂️ I guess we're all serfs until we get to the polls in 26.

bpavord.bsky.social•11 days ago

I think the og post is incredibly condescending, best indicator/information for a president's performance is their current performance, Biden's economy decimated the poor and he was leading a genocide. These were not low information voters, they needed something to change to live.

neilpostman.bsky.social•11 days ago

This is incorrect and has been born out in dozens of analyses. Biden's economy was the best ever for low-income households in terms of earnings increases + mitigating a recession. Second, most Americans *still support Israel, moreso when 10/7 occurred. Third, the change they picked sucked shit.

neilpostman.bsky.social•11 days ago

You might want to think it's Biden's fault but it's not, the voters picked this, overwhelmingly and we deserve it.

bpavord.bsky.social•11 days ago

"If you filter the statistic to include as unemployed people who can’t find anything but part-time work or who make a poverty wage (roughly $25,000), the percentage is actually 23.7 percent." Here is an account about how the studies miss what poor people know https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/11/democrats-tricked-strong-economy-00203464

theblackadonis.bsky.social•11 days ago

Tell me you don't know any low income households without telling me you don't know any low income households.

gehaines.bsky.social•11 days ago

Your second point is untrue, and democrats continuing to believe it will continue to cause them to lose. A majority of Americans now have unfavorable views of Israel, including ~2/3 of Dems, and unfavorability of Israel has increased in both parties across ages. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/04/08/how-americans-view-israel-and-the-israel-hamas-war-at-the-start-of-trumps-second-term/

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