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The perverse logic that positions #Trump — who barely squeaked in while losing the popular vote against a less-than universally popular opponent who was suffering multiple concerted sabotage efforts from folks like Assange, Comey, and Stein — can't be beaten by #Biden, who already soundly beat him without the strength of this incredible presidency's record under his belt just baffles me.
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@rhys the key is that a huge swatch of the country think the president's record is incredibly bad, rightly or wrongly.
It's all about perception these days. Facts are a bit out of reach for our society.
So it's looking far too close of an election, with Trump and Biden both being very unpopular, and whichever party chooses a different candidate is almost guaranteed the win.
It's amazing that both parties are willing to roll those dice instead of just taking the win.
@rhys I often wish that we could have a mirror government, one that everyone could rally around with emotion and TikTok videos and everything else
And a separate government that actually got stuff done.
At this point I'd like to spin off two mirror governments, as both Democratis and Republicans seem to need their own to post and mug for their symbolic causes, with the real government being actual competent administrators just getting things done.
One can dream...
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@volkris It's the era of politics-by-vibes.