In their despair at Donald Trump’s victory, liberal pundits are concluding that the masses, especially the working class, are irredeemably terrible. That’s apolitical nonsense.
    • astanix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      6 days ago

      In this analogy I don’t think the Democratic Party knows what a horse is.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      6 days ago

      Pundits are losing their minds, but I don’t think the Democratic party leaders are giving up.

      My hunch is that they are playing the long game. They are counting on three things. First, Trump’s plans will crash the economy. Second, the Trump White House always turns on its own. Third, with a GOP trifecta there isn’t much Democrats can do to stop Trump - for now.

      So any demands they make now will be ignored, and even used in the future to blame Democrats as obstructionist. I think they are lying low and giving the GOP what they need to hang themselves. When the public is furious about the economy, it will be time to start making demands.

      Basically, it’s the political equivalent of the Willy Wonka gif

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        6 days ago

        My hunch is that they’re in denial, still trying to treat the situation as “business as usual,” and will make for very surprised corpses when Trump’s thugs put them up against the wall.

      • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        They kind of have to, I suspect. But it won’t work. They’ll see things go bad, put in their sound bite as “we need to do something about ___!” And the average American won’t see it, and instead be inundated with right wing “Democrats are screwing it all up!” And not think of the logic that the Democratic party can’t do anything. And they’ll vote Republican again.

        Democrats need to get better at media.

        • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          they’ll vote Republican again.

          That’s not how midterms usually work. More people will vote for Democrats in 2026 than 2024. The key is maximize just how many more.

  • awake01@lemmy.world
    151·
    6 days ago

    I mean, yeah… I don’t blame them. America has spoken and they aren’t interested in education, science, ethics, honesty, integrity, and certainly not any intellectualism. That is all sucker nerd shit. Good luck getting ahead with any of that sucker. I like people who just take what they want. - America

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
    121·
    6 days ago

    I mean I’ve basically given up on this country. It’s so irredeemable at this point I don’t see what my paltry involvment will matter. Bunch of people fucked around and now we all get to find out whether we wanted to or not. I can’t keep expending energy fighting stupid.

  • Omega@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 days ago

    I’m still processing.

    I’m definitely not giving up. I’ve thought about just being more blunt with people. But I’m naturally an empathetic person. So I’ll probably still listen to people and try to understand. Some people are just freaking ignorant though. And it’s frustrating to see people who disagree with everything Trump stands for still vote for him because they don’t like Democratic vibes.

  • ALQ@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 days ago

    The article is okay but I’m struggling with the author’s conflation of misanthropy and misandry. Both are mentioned, but only one applies. It could be that the author made a typo, but the tone of the article to me suggests otherwise.

    Fixed my own typo.

    • TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 days ago

      I think this is what they were talking about about when labeling liberals with “misandry”:

      “White men without college degrees are going to ruin this country.