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WATCH: Voters have punished incumbent politicians and parties in the wake of Covid and its inflation.

For the first time in history, every governing party facing election in a developed country this year lost vote share, according to the Financial Times. @chrislhayes pic.twitter.com/hGalycs8Ri
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) November 8, 2024

Add The Netherlands 🇳🇱 and Germany 🇩🇪 too ... the protest vote continues.

Democrats' disconnect with the working class paved GOP's path to victory | TRT World |

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by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 10th, 2024 at 08:29:33 PM EST

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Any pundit who writes "Democrats disconnect from the working class..." is full of shit. Sounds like that asshole Kristof.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Mon Nov 11th, 2024 at 01:11:46 PM EST
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I wouldn't want to feed the number of pundits who repeat this line ...
I haven't read the statistics of the polling, but such a clear victory of national support is quite astonishing ...

Democrats did lose critical endorsements including large unions, WaPo of Bezos and the LA Times ...

Unions to Democrats: Don't blame us for Tuesday's losses | Politico |

I do know the Afro-Americans and Hispanics made a swing towards Trump ... corrupting minds by promises and illusions. Populists and authoritarianism are attractive for those who are in the lower income class and believe in the American Dream. The corporate media and journalism are not taking their responsibility ... if one doesn't follow social media crap, you lose readers.

Clearly incumbents have a hard time ... the EU is absolutely on the wrong footing ... there is no logic an idiot like Geert Wilders proudly represents the largest party PVV in new Dutch coalition gathering today between 35-40% in the polls. Watch the next German election ... Trump look-alikes wil triumph. Attack the "Left" and European social-democrats are communists. McCarthyism is back and the Democrats in the States fell for the BS and a trap set by the extreme right. The party of HRC ruined the changes and future of Democrats. The Biden win was a last gasp ... realism should have set in and he should have been a transitional leader of the party.

20 years ago In the fictional range of right to left I was considered a centrist, a bit to the left ... today everyone, except 5% perhaps, have passed me on the right. Political rhetoric of today divides to the extreme ... what happened in Amsterdam letting Netanyahu set the narrative is a bloody example. Lies and manipulation have become a form of new culture.

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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Nov 11th, 2024 at 02:58:52 PM EST
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Rebecca Solnit put that argument to rest immediately. As for Sanders he apparently forgot what he did, together with Biden, these past four years.
A quick check on election results throughout the world doesn't support the other thesis. Cherry picking can only go so far, ironically in coincidence with the Moldavia elections.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Nov 12th, 2024 at 06:40:58 AM EST
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Reality and perception are two separate modes in election rhetoric ... social media has a damning effect on election campaigns ... living in a fantasy world of wishful thinking... were the Romans right to steer government policy by the Senate instead of Greek style democracy?

Link to MSNBC article ..

The Biden administration was staunchly pro-labor, subsidized Obamacare and managed to avoid a recession. But Trump and Republicans sold resentment, and it worked.

The flaw in US democracy of unequal representation in the Senate and electoral system may lead to a dictatorial regime in Washington.

Understanding democratic decline in the United States | Brookings - Oct 2023 |

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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Nov 12th, 2024 at 08:42:30 AM EST
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Author of my referenced article is David Schultz

Hamline University professor David Schultz talked about his book, Generational Politics in the United States: From the Silents to Gen Z and Beyond [Video C-Span]

The Role of Generations in American Politics | YouTube |

Bernie Sanders came to a similar analysis ...

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.
While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.
And they're right.

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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Nov 11th, 2024 at 06:49:48 PM EST
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War and International Politics | John Mearsheimer - NDISC Seminar Series |

John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point (1970), has a PhD in political science from Cornell University (1981), and has written extensively about security issues and international politics.

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by Oui (Oui) on Mon Nov 11th, 2024 at 06:51:46 PM EST
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By chance came across a political statement "Are We the Soviets Now"

It's from a nemesis of mine, partner of Ayaan Hirsi Ali 🤬

Washington politics are now a gerontocracy ...