Agreed. But then again, I think there is more evidence coming out that people don't want to check things out. They want what confirms what they believe.
Nailed it.
I don't recall specifically saying that.
I voted for Trump in 2016 for one reason and it was justified in three words (Gorsuch, Kavennaugh, Bennett).
An extreme argument. But again, I didn't say I voted for him for not being convicted.
It does, but I don't think he is. I've never liked the guy. And we overstate the presidents position in our lives anyway. I spend a lot of time talking to people about local is more important than federal.
In many ways he is a figurehead. He's got lots of people doing work for him so he can make pronouncements he knows nothing about. Pete B. is a great example of an official doing that. People like MGT don't even try to look sane.
Did not know that. I will look at it more. Thanks for sharing.
The thing with voting for Trump for certain reasons, ie, getting the Supreme Court to become right wing, is dangerous in itself.
Why? Well, at some point Trump won't be a part of US politics, either because he gives up or because he dies.
What's going to happen after this? I half joke that the next in like is Kanye West. All these people who are attention seekers can see the Republican Party as the place to get that attention. It's easy money as long as you have no scruples. It's easy politics, you don't need to understand anything other than how to manipulate people, and some people are born with those skills.
You get a Supreme Court that is skewed massively away from what the people actually want, it can't end well. The US is becoming more and more polarized in a different way than before. Obviously the North/South divide was bad, and things have changed a lot so the "South" now includes a lot of the Mid West", but the divide is changing, the right is becoming more right and the left more left.
It reminds me a little of Spain as well, a country that can't function properly because of this lack of a center.
You did imply that because Trump hadn't been convicted of crimes, he's not a criminal, therefore he's a legitimate person to vote for.
Yes, I used an extreme argument with Stalin. But I also pointed out that it doesn't actually matter. If Trump were convicted, most people who would vote for him, would still vote for him, like they voted for Hitler.
It's not about Stalin and Hitler, it's about the people, and what people would do.
How important is the president?
I agree that usually the president isn't very important. Obama was like the captain of a ship. Usually they get you to your destination without hitting an iceberg. Being "good" doesn't change much, being "bad" can have consequences.
Dubya gave the US major consequences. Both positive and negative. He destroyed OPEC's power and he got the US pumping out oil much more. He saved the US lots of money.
On the other hand his disaster in Iraq is costing the US loads of money, especially paying for veterans.
Trump, on the other hand is having much more of an impact, even now as a presidential candidate. He's changing what is acceptable. He's making nonsense "the truth". He's leading people to a place that, with another leader, can be disastrous.
Imagine what a guy like Xi would do with the powers that Trump has gained for the presidency and politics in general.
