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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're in a state that goes consistently one way or the other, it's probably true that it doesn't matter. For president, at least.

I often vote third party, and I feel very comfortable doing that because my state is very consistent.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're assuming (probably correctly) that a lot of people under 28 won't vote, and that (probably less correctly) they'd vote Democrat if they did vote. So if Trump wins and they pass a random 28 year old on the street, they're thinking there's a good chance that person is partially responsible for Trump's win.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

There are several different groups supporting him for different reasons. The biggest, I'd argue, is the slightly right very populist. They're not into fascism per se, they just want a wrecking ball like Trump to go in and break apart the elite institutions they blame for all the problems and see no other way of influencing. There certainly are supporters who are encroaching on fascism territory. Then there's long time Republicans who have flipped on a bunch of issues to try to get support from these people Trump activated.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least he did Operation Warpspeed. Funny that some of his supporters turned on him for that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In fairness, it's not Trump's plan, either, it's Heritage's. They're doing it for Trump, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Trump has never even heard of it. Lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The route to getting something posted on Facebook or other social media involves 1 gatekeeper who barely involves itself. The route to getting a book or news article published involves more, and they micromanage the content much much more. Just compare what percentage of people have posted something on Facebook vs have had an article published by a newspaper or magazine.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I mean, it sort of did, it's just not quite that simple. A lot of amazing things have come about because of social media. So many artists able to reach people directly without needing gatekeepers like publishers. Movements able to be organized where previously those people would have never interacted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Shh, people don't wanna hear that. Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Don't be silly. There were lots of waves of migrants before European settlers of America. They'd be more than the 2nd wave. 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Winter Soldier is the peak for me, with Civil War just barely below it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone went from feudal backwater to something else in that era. The US was poorer than Argentina per capita. That's not really saying that much. It's also not saying that much because of course if you have a strong central authority you can divert resources from more valuable production toward national pride vanity projects like a space travel. What really matters is how productive your economy is, how much it can produce for its society, and on that front the US defeated the Soviet Union soundly.

I have nothing against a space program, I just don't see that as a very strong indicator of the success of a society.

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