Despite the Godwin's law stuff, the voters here are every bit as vulnerable as the Germans in the early '30s. Our currency hasn't collapsed yet, but the grocery budget has gone up despite assurances of no inflation, and we have (true) unemployment that is comparable. For however long the numbers can be gamed, the currency may survive. And one of the candidates has promised a large public works project which might put large numbers back to work...
People are people. The same things which motivated them thousands of years ago essentially motivate them now, only the technology is different. At different times, almost any population can be more vulnerable than others, especially when the standards of conduct which constrain human nature are released.
It may well be that none of the candidates are any good, for a variety of reasons. It would not be the first time I found them all lacking. In that case, the one thing that isn't happening here past the slogan level is exactly what is needed to sort out which is the best of what is there. We really need to look at the issues confronting this nation instead of tabloid crap.
[[but the grocery budget has gone up despite assurances of no inflation,]]
Which they used as an excuse to deny our nations most vulnerable citizens (the disabled, seniors, and veterans) cost of living increases for several years, while those in congress awarded themselves very generous cost of living increases every single year
[[We really need to look at the issues confronting this nation instead of tabloid crap.]]
There’s too much hatred of Ted for people to get past tabloid reactionism- they’ve built the gallows, and by george they intend to see someone swinging from it- they will not be denied- The site of blood makes them too thirsty-