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In reply to the discussion: Why Don't We Democrats Run Younger Candidates for President? [View all]Sympthsical
(10,653 posts)Trump has this kind of dark charisma that works. Of course he's a billionaire who neither knows nor cares what's going on with the little people. But he speaks to them and taps into their discontent.
Right now, we have consultants and strategists who want to spend millions of dollars figuring out what men are like. This is hilarious to me. They have to spend money. To figure out. What people are like. If that's not an advertisement for being out of touch, I don't know what is. Even Gov. Walz is out there advertising himself as a code talker. He uses that word! "Well, I put on a camo hat and told them I fix a car." It is fucking amazing to be so open about the fact that you don't understand basic people.
When we have politicians who are actively telling people, "Yeah, we dunno who any of you are," how surprised should we be when they don't vote for us? They're on tv saying this stuff.
It's like, oh my god, how do we not see the problem? It's been blowing my mind for at least the past three or so years.
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