I don't believe it because people had their chance for many years to do something. Just like cops have had a chance to not enforce unconstitutional laws, yet they still did and still do. Just like how they keep running and electing fools who have done nothing but to get our taxes increased and have less freedoms now than before. People have been speaking about this lunacy for 100+ years, are the republicans, conservatives, maga people going to start listening? Or are they just going to cry "pls mr. barr, mr. trump, save my country or else >:(". Same blowhards, different day. They'll disappear just like they did the last time they were pissed off.
adding in the aboslute disaster of our domestic policy, and it all added up to not being a good deal. between regulations, inflation, red tape, overzealous unions, and probably more things than we can count, including minimum wages etc, it all is plain to see how we got here. I think simply adjusting the "trade imbalance" is a huge gap closer, but there is harsh medicine that has to be swallowed at home too. I'm afraid the public won't accept it, it isn't a winning position or very popular since the narrative has been shifted so heavily into the hands of leftist (socialist) dogma. Conservatives aren't actually defending their values, but defending the leftist critiqued versions.
I do have a positive outlook for us, through thick and thin
yeah just like the fact they impeached Trump over a phone call and 4 years of "russian collusion!" and accusing him (and any of us who voted for him) of being a racist psychopath, with the media lockstep with it. We are conspiracy theorists for assuming that the most radical and heavy handed activists in the country aren't doing everything they can to keep their made up Hitler out of office?
It'll be funny to see them run and hide for states rights if the federal government pushes back. Funny how states rights don't matter till they do. Pick and choose.
I remember when Amy Acton said 100,000 Ohioans probably already have covid, this was in March. If you look at the Ohio dashboard, since then our total case amount is 202,704. What a bunch of assholes these people are, DeWine and the rest. If Amy Action was even right, then what they did was illogical. Imagine, there are already 100,000 cases in Ohio and not a single hospital overran. I wonder when those 100,000 cases accumulated? A few months, a few weeks, days? Then what, authoritarian China then decides to do what they do best to their sick civilians, and the rest of the world decides to follow in their footsteps. THE GOVERNORS AND HEALTH OFFICIALS OF THE USA DECIDED TO FOLLOW AUTHORITARIAN CHINAS LEAD ON HOW TO HANDLE THIS. That is fucking terrifying. Will someone ask DeWine and all like him, why they decided to model the CCP response here on American soil? They all keep playing along too with no end in sight. I want to see real legal ramifications against these people.
People think it has to do with getting into the pit with the dems and fighting dirty like they do, but it actually has to be worth it. I'm just not sure this whole side of it is worth getting into the pit over, doesn't seem to move the needle. It's not because I'm adverse to fighting dirty, just fighting dirty when it makes a difference. There might be more to it than this, I guess we'll see.
Boomercons think that the media wasn't trash before the last 10 years smh we still got a lot of work to do if we still have rank and file believing that nonsense. China and others certainly don't help, but this shitshow has been ongoing since the dawn of time. It's just dissonance in their brains that needs removal. Hard to come to terms with believing your whole life that institutions were good, like 60 minutes, and then have to deal with the paradigm shift. They also voted for Romney and McCain and the Bush family and continue to vote for similar politicians, so you can imagine the situation is not good for these people. Hopefully the conditioning continues to be broken, it has to happen.
I bet some "moderates", and obviously never trumper voters and dems, will see it as a goofy hit job on a troubled son. Biden will use it as a tool to garner sympathy from them, alluding to their own communities drug and mental health problems and struggles in their families. They will say it's just another one of Donald and friends bully tactics and shows how scummy they are. It will probably amount to being a wash, and just more showboating by conservative media and politicians for their own viewers in the echo chamber. I understand the value of slinging shit, everyone does it, so you probably gotta get dirty to rile up your base, but I just can't see any of this really convincing anyone of anything
Imagine believing any antitrust or monopoly busting would actually be effective or not written up by the ones getting broken up. Funny how everyone complains about the DOJ and every other agency and piece of government, but somehow "monopoly busting" is different this time. We have a pretty comic book, cartoon understanding of government and history it seems
Boomercons won't have that. They won't accept that the school system is flawed in a way that can't be corrected. It's this way by definition. They think it's just a matter of accountability of students and teachers and getting rid of "marxist" propaganda and teaching math. They want your kids indoctrinated, just not by marxists. See how many want kids to go back to school because think of the children.
yeah I'll take a hard pass on socialization when it's in the dumpster fire of the public education system. This is why large families and extended families are important. Who needs to "socialize" when you have your brothers and sisters and cousins and aunts and grandmas and great grandpas. I know not everyone has that, still, what is better than that. If anything, current schooling is a modern experiment. Nothing about it is set in stone and should be changed or removed if it doesn't work. Just thinking about the amount of work to do to turn the ship around...man it's just crazy. A return to high trust productive communities would be great..
you see those protests against masks and mandates, yet you won't see them very often in response to the million of infringements that occur on a daily basis. Some have been occurring for decades and decades. 100s of years. The voting population, whether conservative or not, does not care about it. I reckon that the majority of people who voted for Trump don't even care about it, same as always. You see those people out there with BLM signs protesting some sort of injustice, but you won't see them protesting the million things that go on, just the same. It's a lot easier to vote for the presidency and then forget about everything else and go on with your life. Now we can just pick a pet topic that makes you emotional and worked up and use social media to make your "stand". It's easy and superficial and gets us a high at nearly no upfront cost. It's everyone. Conservatives, rinos, dems, socialists, libertarians, commies. Hell, I'm doing it right now...gulps
They believe there is a slope of degeneracy you slide down. Might be true, might not be. They've not convinced me they have the right solution to that problem either way. I guess they feel it could be a stepping stone, that you have to cut the crap out if you want to even get closer to the core problem. I've yet to see an effective way of doing this, and I'm not sure it's possible given our status as sinners on earth. What do they do when they cut the crap out? Where do they go then? What do they tackle next, since there probably is a reason humans are sinners and can fall into and create degeneracy...I guess I'm just not convinced they even know what they're doing. Makes me think of the same feel good legislation the left gets crapped on for. Usually only causes more problems but makes you feel good for a quick minute.
Edit: I also L O L at people talking about how communism and libertarianism are utopian fantasies while being just as dumb in their own utopian ideology. Case in point that guy. These people are intellectual midwits with bad twitter takes. They just haven't realized they're the same style of NPCs, just like the libertarians and communists and fascists (or any group) they oppose.
As if no one has ever thought "looting for ancient artifacts could make me a pretty penny from the highest bidder". What makes these archaeologists the only people allowed in on the game anyways? The amount "looters" have found and sold that these archaeologists would never care about or see or know of is probably pretty amazing. Just a bad excuse.
Its a meme that bros decided to take way too serious. Its absurd how literal it became. What do you expect from "manly" internet blowhards though. They sure do talk about faggots and weak dudes a lot...maybe they just need a boyfriend to satisfy their wants. They can't imagine someone being a raging skinny no muscle lefty by choice so it must be in the "water".