Last night, my spouse and I were talking about how Idiocracy is coming back to theaters in time for the election. It’s not even that good a movie, but it does have some funny bits. It’s just weird that it’s so prescient, you know?
Don’t forget convincing those struggling that any outside attempts to help them are evil lies that will make their life harder.
I know someone who is extremely fond of Reagan’s quote: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” They’re going to be voting for Trump, of course.
A bizarre thing about that quote is that in a Democracy, that is basically be the same as saying “You and your neighbors sent me over here to help.” We are the Government.
Not really. We vote for people who vote for the President, we don’t vote for the President themselves. Even if we do vote for US Senators and Representatives, and even Governors, they listen to donors and lobbyists but not the average person at all. By and large, we still have access to our state-level Representatives and Senators… for now.
Citizens United needs to be overturned before we lose whatever democracy we have left.
Those women are delusional. Are they handing out free drugs at these Trump events? That or I just saw one of the worst cases of Stockholm Syndrome ever.
This phenomenon isn’t unique to Trump. I think many voters get sucked into hanging their hopes that the new president will be different. Hell, look at Obama. There were many interviews with people assuming Obama would be taking care of things, including paying for stuff they needed/wanted.
I think the a good portion of Sander’s supporters had similar sentiments (note I didn’t say “all”). Though, again, even if Sanders 100% wished to do certain things, I doubt most would come into fruition because that isn’t how the presidency works. He was in Congress for how many years? Hell he is Senator NOW - he could introduce a College bill or a student debt relief bill TODAY. Doesn’t mean it will get anywhere.
Barnum once he got away from running lotteries and got into what made him famous was actually pretty open about the fact his show was bunkum and entertainment. It has been too long since I read the biography I have of him but he was pretty scornful of a Trump kind of huckster.