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It’s so cute how all this is en vogue while the country votes for trump.
It's only surprising if you don't understand why they voted for Trump
Edit for the people asking: it's because the democrats didn't present solutions for our economy. Regular Americans care whether they can put food on the table. An insurance CEO has a lot to do with that. They know healthcare is broken. They know about income inequality and the record corporate profits. Neither party has presented solutions to fix it, but the right wing is always willing to make up bullshit and look for scapegoats about whatever grievance will energize their base.
People are hurting right now, many of them blame Biden. Kamala promised to do more of the same, and if she promised solutions then they were lighter versions of what Trump promised. This not only legitimized Trump's positions at the national level but made the Democrats look incompetent for going back on their previous stances.
As many of us know; there are real solutions, which she was not willing to vouch for; and there are ways to combat Trump's rhetoric, which she was only willing to do in the most extreme cases but not at the fundamental level. This very predictably depressed her base. She was wholly unwilling to even pretend to champion their interests.
That's it. It's not quippy, but it's literally that simple. Stop seeing the worst in people and being uncurious just because your team lost. You aren't going to beat Republicans by acting like Republicans.
Lack of education and basic critical thinking skills?
that makes it possible, yeah.