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radiofreetom.bsky.social • 4 days ago

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I'd argue the core lesson of the Biden administration is that apathy and disgruntlement actually increase when times are good and stakes are low. People voted for Trump out of boredom, on some level

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sandrahere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Then they are crazy.

genxjennifer.bsky.social•4 days ago

There is a lesson in psychology classes about how never feeling satisfied is part of human nature.

grammacappy.bsky.social•4 days ago

? for @radiofreetom.bsky.social re:defense is your expertise. AH64D is produced 1 mi from me. Family business so to speak. Dad was contracts team it in 1980 ish that presented to joint cheifs. Big employer in Mesa Az. Does Pete decide what is cut or congress. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/hegseth-orders-transformation-of-us-army-combining-offices-and-cutting-roles/

sillythecat.bsky.social•4 days ago

I am not disputing the theory but it is mind boggling hard to believe.

heyitscrouchy.bsky.social•4 days ago

someone should write a book about this but who

pjspassions.bsky.social•4 days ago

Uhh…🤔

loganhamberger.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hear it from reporters!

oddsock57.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yep. The media get high on their own supply.

khshan.bsky.social•3 days ago

Conservative media told republican voters lies and half-truths. They didn't care, it's tribal warfare.

emilbriggs.bsky.social•4 days ago

A few people may have voted for him out of boredom but a large fraction of his voters value racism, bigotry and misogyny over anything else and he is giving them that. But yeah non voters were apathetic because times were good.

dawnhulot.bsky.social•4 days ago

They got bored watching the PBS documentary so they switched to The Real Housewives of Palm Beach.

namaste201.bsky.social•4 days ago

There's a word for that.

benjaminbraddock.bsky.social•4 days ago

is this sarcasm

momosmomma.bsky.social•4 days ago

He's a man of action!

johngage1.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wonder if it is something far darker, a dangerous mood, which has little to with policies or even political parties. Something very dangerous to democracies. An authoritarian smell in the air. This is from a focus group in Britain.

stevennicholson.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's grievance, not boredom.

buckchaser.bsky.social•4 days ago

You should write a book about this.

whopperberger819.bsky.social•3 days ago

(I was going to say that. lol. 😂)

catlady49ers.bsky.social•3 days ago

Some people feel entitled to be entertained at all times. The TV reality show stars purposely do/say the worst things to get attention. And the audience loves it.

cheddargram.bsky.social•4 days ago

Or the idea that some people are never happy....

harrison-bergeron.bsky.social•3 days ago

The massive ego one must have to destroy the world order out of pure boredom.

mimimalwaysblue.bsky.social•4 days ago

I love boredom from my government.

thomastell.bsky.social•4 days ago

Economic anxiety.

jessicai917.bsky.social•4 days ago

If only someone would write a book about this…😜

indanorth.bsky.social•4 days ago

Oh Canada eh!

maryannak.bsky.social•4 days ago

How sad.

cadyy159.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hmmm, where have I heard that before?

wrathofgus.bsky.social•4 days ago

To me that sounds like American voters are unserious and lazy.

welshrarebit.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Mad as hell and won’t take it any more” has kind of become our default setting.

papakila.bsky.social•4 days ago

Good point. Same deal with Obama years.

aggiewill666.bsky.social•3 days ago

Certainly the cnn coverage went with this

slothropv2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Political sloth

jhpodesta.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hate to agree with something like that, that Americans like the reality TV show instead of steady leadership with identified goals. But here we are. Happy Weekend, Tom.

damnvanguard.bsky.social•4 days ago

Many people have been saying.

lanticavirtu.bsky.social•4 days ago

And then they came up with all kinds of wacky rationalizations to justify it.

cfountain.bsky.social•4 days ago

They just want something—anything—done, restless of cost or legality or wisdom. And they have definitely received it.

mikeilikemike.bsky.social•4 days ago

As exhibit A, I offer this quote from a recent Elaine Godfrey piece in the Atlantic: “The two would joke that they should cancel their Netflix subscriptions and tune in to Trump instead “because watching everything he does is kind of hilarious.”

chahliejones.bsky.social•4 days ago

bread and circuses

Biden didn't give us circuses is your argument?

DEEP THOUGHTS, by Tom Handy

beltwaybandit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are we about done with no longer being bored? Starting to get expensive and about to get even more expensive.

origamilady79.bsky.social•4 days ago

Someone wrote a book about this. 😉

credle.bsky.social•3 days ago

ideally liberal parties in the west should make it their cause to root out the Fascism in their countries and not be afraid to make people mad about it. Invite the conflict and make risky moves, because it looks like you believe in your cause.

pjconway.bsky.social•4 days ago

Think you might have written a book or something that dealt with these type issues.

astrofisher.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maybe Americans love the drama of reality TV shows so much that they want to live it.

jeanmarie8.bsky.social•4 days ago

Biden should’ve resigned and let Kamala take over. That would have made for some excitement

bigtparker.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is essentially an admission that the electorate operates on an emotional level akin to middle school students.

And it's spot on. Maybe 1 in 10 adults I encounter are actual adults. The rest reside in suspended adolescence which is encouraged by consumerism.

joed1.bsky.social•4 days ago

Spoiled by boring relatively competent governance. Americans need to see more of the wider world. 🎶You don’t know what you got til it’s gone🎶

jabbalechat.bsky.social•4 days ago

It could be argued that's the post fall of communism peace dividend, resulting in western nations having a lack of common purpose to unite behind and consequently national disciplines slipping over time...

joebauernotsure.bsky.social•4 days ago

You can only afford to care about culture war bullshit when there are adults in charge running the show.

jimsdouglas.bsky.social•4 days ago

In contrast, Canada, under economic attack and regular threats of annexation from the hegemon, voted for a PhD economist educated at Harvard and Oxford who has been the central banker of two G7 countries.

careybw.bsky.social•4 days ago

They also love reality show drama, now we're all living in the show

ihorgowda.bsky.social•4 days ago

So you're saying it wasn't eggs

hombrelibre.bsky.social•4 days ago

"There is perhaps no more reliable indicator of a society’s ripeness for a mass movement than the prevalence of unrelieved boredom. In almost all the descriptions of the periods preceding the rise of mass movements there is reference to vast ennui;"

Hoffer, Eric. The True Believer

fluencynlj.bsky.social•4 days ago

Which is why the folks say, “At least he’s DOING something!” (Each time they do I visualize a wrecking ball smashing their house behind them as they are talking to the reporter. Yup, he’s doing something, all right. But you’re not gonna like it.)