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"Voters aren't stupid."
So said SocGen's Albert Edwards on Thursday.
I can't speak for voters in the UK (actually I can, because these are the same people who gambled their economic future on "Brexit," a made-up word which a simple Google Trends analysis strongly suggested half the country couldn't even define when they voted in favor of it), but I can certainly speak for US voters, and Albert, let me tell you: Our voters aren't just stupid, they're wholesale dumbasses. Proudly, by the way. Am
I saw a tiny measure of justice in the world today. Infowars assets were purchased by The Onion. They effectively stated afterwards, ‘we will continue the tradition of scaring listeners until they fork over cold hard cash.’
Maybe the Heisenberg Report could learn a thing or two from that statement, or maybe The Heisenberg Report already has sussed it out.
Spit out my coffee this morn, your dark humor is killing me!
Upon seeing Moscow Tulsi nominated to DNI, I found a John Bolton article where he is demanding an FBI investigation into Gaetz and Gabbard before they appear before the Senate.
I looked Bolton up since after watching Sarah Paine’s excellent interview with Dwarkesh Patel I developed a better appreciation for Bolton’s views as Grand Strategy in the legal gray of international relations and law. It’s very stressful watching this clown show about to make the US a vassal of pip-squeak Russia.
Yeah, I mean John Bolton’s like Liz Cheney: A heinous villain, but one who happens to be right this time. I mean when you’re right, you’re right. Cheney’s right about Trump. And Bolton’s right about Gaetz and Gabbard. Just like Trump’s right about some things and just like Harris is right about some things. I don’t know why it’s so hard for people to concede that reality’s messy. There aren’t “good” people and “bad” people, there are just people and you have to assess their concerns and positions on the merits. It’s entirely possible that Mussolini liked some of the same food that I like. If that’s the case, is Mussolini wrong to like a dish that’s objectively delicious just because he’s Mussolini? No.
To quote The Simpsons:
“Perhaps there is no moral to this story”.
“Exactly. It’s just a bunch of stuff that happened.”
“why it’s so hard for people to concede that reality’s messy” maybe the answer’s intuitive cognition?
“Martha would get off her ass and go fold towels at the local Holiday Inn Express instead of sitting at home washing down percocet with Mountain Dew and screaming through the trailer park window at five muddy children rolling around in a plastic kiddie pool”
Wow! Humorous yet poignant. And a more widespread belief than many may realize when you add in the idea that thanks to overly generous welfare benefits there are millions of able-bodied guys sitting on home playing video games rather than seeking gainful employment at minimum wage jobs.
In Martha’s case, many states have started to add work requirements if she wishes to continue being given “medical welfare” (Medicaid) for herself or even her three children.
“Joseph, if you heet yur seester again, daddy’s gon’ woop you when he gets home from the bar!”
Which daddy?
I am waiting for the $60k per year work-from-home fruit-picking jobs to open up. Perhaps a supervisory position for an extra 10k.
If normal people struggle with what is going on in this country, they should take some and read this book.
The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hansan.
It will make you, at least make sense of the stupidity with a better understanding of what is going on in the minds of our fellow citizens, and then scare the shit out of you as to the probabilities of what is and can happen.
I’m effing tired.
Third Law of Motion Meets Politics Over and Over
Certain policies must be progressively introduced for the public to accept and internalize them; otherwise, they provoke resistance. In democratic nations, this resistance often manifests through via negativa, meaning voters support anything that rejects the proposed changes.
Affirmative action is fundamentally flawed because it reduces individuals to arbitrarily defined categories, undermining personal accountability. It demands that the average voter consistently act against their own interests in favor of a so-called “greater good,” which remains abstract and unperceivable, while its consequences are tangible and immediate.
The climate crisis originated in the West, but its zenith lies in Asia. The transition to address this crisis is inflationary, impacting not just productivity but entire ways of life. This shift is being challenged on multiple fronts—through taxation, behaviorism, and assaults on free speech. Meanwhile, the public has become increasingly aware of the political biases within mainstream media, leading to a widespread credibility crisis.
Voting for figures like Donald Trump, Geert Wilders, Boris Johnson, Sebastian Kurz, or Jair Bolsonaro, among others, is not an affirmation of their policies but a rejection of the status quo.
What was going on during Trump’s first term? Looks like progress was being made for workers.
Yeah buddy. You can tell because some guy circled it on a chart he drew. Ffs.
Do you folks not get the joke by now? Jesus. I feed you sell-side quotes and charts because you eat it. That stuff’s all terrible. Another spoiler alert: Top-notch research comes from academics and, you know, researchers. i.e., people who dedicate their lives to learning, not bankers and not portfolio managers and not any hedge funders who fancy themselves philosophers. You can’t take any of that stuff seriously. You want serious? Read a book. Or The New Yorker. Christ.
Many voters choose Trump as a reaction to their economic plight. Those same voters preferred Harris’ economic policies over Trump’s, when those were read to them. However, they couldn’t add 2 + 2.
Two summers ago, I found myself hiking the “Coast to Coast” on a guided hiking trip across England. After the first 120 miles of that hike (80 left to go), we had all bonded- as a result of the difficulty/blisters we had survived and the fact that we were gaining confidence that we actually would finish (it is true-the English take great pride and joy from physical suffering!). As the normal social barriers of acceptable conversation topics began to dissipate (due to hiking 10 hour days together, day after day); we started discussing politics with each other, which is normally a very dangerous topic.
When I asked a fellow hiker (English) how it was possible that the British had approved Brexit- she gave me a very “British” response, which I also believe is accurate.
Her explanation was basically this: On the day of the vote, the weather was unusually sunny and warm in the northern British Isles, where most retirees live, and the weather was dreadfully rainy and cold in London. According to her, the Londoners were far more educated about the implications of Brexit and were largely against Brexit; while the retirees, who were primarily focused on illegal immigration aspect of Brexit, were largely in favor of Brexit. So the final vote came down to a much higher turnout in the north- due to the weather.
It does seem crazy that the fate of civilization is often decided by people who are not educated on a given matter and can also come down to the impact of weather conditions.
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