Yes, but their success shows that it is a strategy that can work. Why? Because MOST people out there are NOT like us (readers of HCR's columns). They don't even care about most of this. 2020 happened in the middle of the pandemic. People were scared and Trump isn't the most likely source of confidence. But now, 4 years later, it is in ma…
Yes, but their success shows that it is a strategy that can work. Why? Because MOST people out there are NOT like us (readers of HCR's columns). They don't even care about most of this. 2020 happened in the middle of the pandemic. People were scared and Trump isn't the most likely source of confidence. But now, 4 years later, it is in many peoples' rear-view mirror. They want to forget it even happened (even though it is STILL raging through our population in 6 month cycles and still killing people although nowhere near as many as it did in 2020. The point is that glossing over this is easy and the people who will make the vital decisions in 2024 are just as likely to see Tump as a great hero as a cruel joke.
Not sure how it will all end up, but I just keep working at it and keeping my fingers crossed.
Yes, but their success shows that it is a strategy that can work. Why? Because MOST people out there are NOT like us (readers of HCR's columns). They don't even care about most of this. 2020 happened in the middle of the pandemic. People were scared and Trump isn't the most likely source of confidence. But now, 4 years later, it is in many peoples' rear-view mirror. They want to forget it even happened (even though it is STILL raging through our population in 6 month cycles and still killing people although nowhere near as many as it did in 2020. The point is that glossing over this is easy and the people who will make the vital decisions in 2024 are just as likely to see Tump as a great hero as a cruel joke.
Not sure how it will all end up, but I just keep working at it and keeping my fingers crossed.
You have described the problem for me in a single, simple, sentence:
“……. the people who will make the vital decisions in 2024 are just as likely to see Tump as a great hero as a cruel joke.”
It scares me that the great American governance experiment comes down to this.
Me too...