chapotraphouse

he speaks of war as something that is bad. democrats became the party that supports war

this person's heart is in the right place at least

Death to America

Look at my American working class, dawg

These people are the least politically educated people in the world.

is literally them

It continually baffles me that americans can be this politically uneducated. There are people in the UK who know nothing about politics at all and have never ever had anyone sit down and teach them any theory but they will be able to tell you that there's a working class and a ruling class and who is in each of them with mostly accuracy until you get into petty-bourgeoise elements.

Every time I get a glimpse into mind of the swing voter it's like staring into the sun

so many people operate entirely on vibes

Dems are definitely gonna run the most Washington insider political animal they can in 2028.

I'm thinking Gruesome Gavin.

tom sexton said this thing once--which i think he attributed to someone else--that when it comes to politicking it doesn't matter what you say. it doesn't even matter how you say it. what matters is what people felt when they heard you say it.

i think about that shit a lot and i'll be goddamned if it doesn't ring more and more true every year.

"The chimpanzee shot itself trying to understand the median American voter."

I went a few rounds on Reddit before the election asking what I should do given that I didn't feel like Biden delivered on the issues I care about the most (Gaza and the climate), and he eventually threw up his hands and said "fine, vote for Trump, stay home, I don't care."

People don't really feel like their party listens to them, get repeatedly told that there's only two options, and then get surprised when this sort of incoherence manifests. Sure, some people are dumb and don't actively seek to educate themselves, but folks are also beaten down by a system that constantly condescends, discourages participation other than voting, and mounts militarized responses to protests. I can understand why you'd give up and just do what punishes the incumbent even if it leads to a worse outcome overall. I didn't make that choice myself, but I can understand it.

Wow I can't believe there are so many Russian bots on IG and also in the American electorate

American voters are like units in RTS games: if you don't given them specific orders, they'll either do nothing or go off and do the dumbest shit without any logical explanation.

let's men have a voice

i am brian foxnewshost, wtf is this utter nonsense lmao.

Americans vote on vibes. Trump is funny and unprofessional so they vote for him. AOC said some vague shit about working people so they want her too

There are tons of people like this, politically checked out. Probably making voting decisions based on one sound bite from one side or the other that they heard like 6 years ago, or if a certain candidate's photo in the voter guide is flattering or not. I know someone who said recently, and I quote, "I should probably vote this time, one of my friends said it's a woman running now". Like, totally clueless. Being terminally political brained isn't the norm, and I don't think we should expect it from the average person, either.

And to be clear that isn't their fault. Blaming the common low information voter for the conditions that make them politically apathetic is fucking stupid, when that is the entire point of how things are under capitalism. Most people are just trying to survive and doing the best they can. I think it's important to nudge people in the right direction when appropriate and enable people to find answers more easily if they are searching. But most of all it's important to just support our communities and show people kindness and understanding. Remember, revolutionary conditions aren't predicated on every single person in the population understanding economic and political theory.

When the consciousness is false

LeTs MeN hAvE a VoIcE

loved ones say you're both straightforward and challenging corruption and broken gov

"uhhh yeah like, my aunt told me you were legit so like, I'm with you sis, ride or die"

I hear shit like this from people IRL all the time. The fact that an enormous sum of people make decisions that (they believe) are critically important because they heard one thing from a person they know or from the TV is what confirms for me that humanity deserves its impending demise.

I'm shocked her handlers allowed her to do this in public

Whatever issues one takes with J. Sakai's work can be resolved by listening to Americans.