Jay

Jay

@arges.bsky.social

Dad, Finance Professional, Political Junkie, Bears Fan, Honorary Grubhub Shareholder.

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Few people even know about this; when people are asked in surveys how child mortality has changed the majority says it has stagnated or increased. If you consider that many don't know about humanity's biggest achievement, then it's not surprising that many are so pessimistic about our future.

After read many takes on the election loss, in my mind I’ve boiled it down to ignorance of the voting pop on who Trump really is. Many people are over entertained and don’t read serious news. But that’s only because I can’t conceive of the alternative. It is quite possible I’m the ignorant one.

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this happens because low information voters aren't quite clocking that the Republican Party has lost its mind. they just have a general sense that tension between the parties is high, and they want someone to ratchet it down.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

It is fucking insane but every ordinary, not-online Democrat I've ever spoken to has said they want a candidate who "reaches across the aisle." Absolute brainrot but so pervasive among voters, media and elite institutions that you have to cater to it if you want to win. bsky.app/profile/mack...

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In @radiofreetom.bsky.social 's @theatlantic.bsky.social cover story, he quotes Washington's worry that some citizens would come to “seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual." #Trilemma concerns could be one such trigger. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

theatlantic.comThe Moment of TruthThe reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

This is not how democracy works. This is exactly why left-leaning folks like myself want stronger gun control laws. I am praying for his recovery.

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