As "hardcore-left" as I am, I just cannot fathom, being so dumb to not vote "to show the dems". The policies of bad Republican presidents hurt us till today. Think about Reagan vastly accelerating the gap between rich and poor, or Nixon with his failed war drugs.
The more golf he plays the less damage he can do
MACA - Make America Cancer Again
They also dropped IIRC: 74 - > 71
But that doesn't help if the dems lose 15 M...
Not sure if I'd categorize these as sane...
It has, as voter turnout could be significantly better. It's not yet clear what it is, but so far it doesn't look very good.
Laughing in NixOS...
"by an accident"...
I guess that's what I meant with "it depends on your social circle".
I'm a programmer (in europe btw. not sure if this is really a culture thing) around cool dudes (in my job, as I think this is where all of this mostly applies), probably helps, that they don't give too much a shit about "prestige" and clothing etc. as well. If I had to do with a lot of "VIP" trying to sell something, the situation may be different.
Well kinda sad to hear that, I think it's much more important what the person is about "on the inside" (i.e. if talking bullshit, or being highly intelligent or super informed, arrogant, socially intelligent etc.) than how they look from the outside (I mean within limits, If I can smell the person from a far distance, it's probably too much...).
Obviously the inside/outside thing often correlates. When someone always wears fancy-dancy suits with a tie while not required, they're probably a douche^^, shallow or having to prove something otherwise (like "I'm very important"). But after a first impression I think the "inside" dominates the perception, and defines the person... That's at least my assessment, and why I don't give too much shit about what the person is wearing...
YMMV
I mean I try to chose t-shirts with a minimal amount of holes^^ (which is unfortunately a problem for merino-wool I like to wear (because comfort)). But other than that I basically give a shit, about what I wear, I don't think anyone else cares much about it either, nor do I. It's also not a thing that anyone spoke to me about it so I guess I'm fine?
I think it's a lot of internalized pressure and overthinking about what to wear, so why do it, when no one really cares?
Honestly unfortunately mostly unrealistic: a systemic chage towards deliberative democracy (not just USAs broken electoral democracy) would be the best according to most political science. It's (way to) slowly happening in some European states (so the right shift may reverse that trend again). This indirection vie simple voting tends to lean towards populism and manipulation. Which got unfortunately incredibly obvious in the presidential election...