We need to return to our agrarian and craftsman roots. After the collapse the land will recover and those who remain can start with a clean slate. So the future actually doesn't look all that bad.
Relearning all that we've lost or boldly going where no man's been before. I imagine most won't make the trip either way. This is a beautiful world to visit but I wouldn't want to live here any longer than this last lifetime here.We need to return to our agrarian and craftsman roots. After the collapse the land will recover and those who remain can start with a clean slate. So the future actually doesn't look all that bad.
We can't maintain this house of cards by adding more cards.
The only saving grace for people like me who love the outdoors is the fact that most people confine themselves to the cities. If spread across the land they would quickly destroy what is left.
Harris is slightly ahead in most of the polls and she has the momentum. However, there are three big events that could determine the election. First being the debates and then the October surprises. I expect both campaigns to get down and dirty in October.
I agree with everything you just said. My point was that the democratic voters--the party rank and file seem to think there is a consolation prize worth having. Biden should have been up by 10 points based only on Trump’s criminal record. There shouldn’t be any question about who the better candidate is (or was). In odd numbered years, I totally get trying to pull the reins of your party’s candidate one way or another; to the left or the right. But If someone asks you who you’ll vote for next year, there should be only one answer if you’re really a Democrat (or a Republican)...the nominee of your House district, your Party’s nominee for Senator (if there is a race for the seat that year) or your Party’s nominee for President. In federal politics; it makes zero sense to split your ticket. In this day and age of the Democrats being center left and the republicans being so far right, they are living on Pluto, it should be an easy decision. If you don’t support Harris or if you didn’t support Biden...
You make several good points. I will address one of them. We often think of political officiation as being democrat, republican or independent. That goes back to the days when people had to declare themselves as a member of a party or independent in order to vote. Today we have democrats, republicans, those that lean democrat or republican, and independents and other minor parties. Modern campaigning is divided into two very distinct categories, the campaigning to bolster the party faithful, the rally and campaigning to convince the leaning voters and independents. On the democrat side, the later category will contain the voters that are just leaning one way or the other on various issues such as healthcare or government spending or the war in Gaza, etc. so the campaigning must be softer, more logical, more issue specific than the rally style campaigning that bolster the party faithful.
True.
Approximately 1/3 of adult American don't vote in national elections. The reasons are varied as are age groups, educational level and race. One thing that studies show is most people who do not usually vote and decide to vote do so because they saw the candidate and liked what they saw. Strangely, the issues are not very important to these people.
Well, I get disassociation. If you don't think politics matter to you, thats fine. What just irks me--about democrats in particular since I'm a proud liberal--is the Bernie type of...well....moron who is all or nothing. As if the republican who may win due to your apathy will be better for the nation than the Democrat you decided not to vote for.
The Democrat Party is the populist party. It appeals to more demographic groups than the Republican Party. You'll find the democrats well represented among the wealthiest and the poorest, the oldest and youngest. Therefore their message is going have to be more general than republicans. They spend more time trying to make the public like the candidate, more baby kissing, more smiles, and more empathy and less time on specific issues.
Again..I understand this. What I don’t understand is the crazy expectations of the Democratic Party voters who refuse to vote for their party’s nominee who may pay lip service to some specific issues...when the alternative in our two party system is openly hostile to the specific issues in question. Do they really think the republican President is going to be more open minded than a fellow democrat?
Bullshit.
