They seemingly haven’t though. At least judging by the people I’ve talked to, in person, and online, people seem about as deluded as ever, trusting the suits on tv blaming everyone else for their losses in 2024.
It three presidential elections with the worst possible choices as candidates in a row as the “safe” choice didn’t win them over, it will take something else to bring them around.
It will take a barnstorming campaign, with populist rhetoric and the energy that goes with that, by an aggressive forceful candidate backed by organized groups and a slate of candidates up and down the line. And the odds of getting that are near zero it seems. Even without thinking of assassinations, that we would have to think about if it got popular, but at first we could do the barnstorming in person, at some point would need remote speeches, and our own security. Turn down secret service protection if you get the nomination, or relegate them away from the candidate to use as shields.
They seemingly haven’t though. At least judging by the people I’ve talked to, in person, and online, people seem about as deluded as ever, trusting the suits on tv blaming everyone else for their losses in 2024.
It three presidential elections with the worst possible choices as candidates in a row as the “safe” choice didn’t win them over, it will take something else to bring them around.
It will take a barnstorming campaign, with populist rhetoric and the energy that goes with that, by an aggressive forceful candidate backed by organized groups and a slate of candidates up and down the line. And the odds of getting that are near zero it seems. Even without thinking of assassinations, that we would have to think about if it got popular, but at first we could do the barnstorming in person, at some point would need remote speeches, and our own security. Turn down secret service protection if you get the nomination, or relegate them away from the candidate to use as shields.