Will 2026 finally be the year when a critical mass of Americans wakes up and realizes that Republicans always screw up the economy?
Donald Trump inherited an economy from Joe Biden that was perhaps not firing on all cylinders but was in pretty good shape all the same.
For the third straight time, a Democratic president handed a Republican president an economy that was at the least pretty good, and at most (Bill Clinton) really humming along very nicely. And, for the third straight time, the Republican has made things worse. Which also means that Democratic presidents have to clean up messes left by their GOP predecessors.
This is why a large part of me wishes you had to pass some kind of baseline intelligence test to vote. I regularly go on nextdoor to discuss local politics and basically every argument with a conservative feels like arguing with a mentally handicapped person. They only read headlines and aren’t smart enough to question their sources of information.
Recently they were up in arms because the conservative paper claimed the mayor’s office wasn’t being transparent. Actually reading the article it says the reporter requested an interview on the spot and halfway through it an assistant told the mayor they need to move on. Not even noteworthy but it was enough to get the trolls riled up
I totally get what you’re saying. Nextdoor really is an unpleasant view into how unintelligent everyday people are. I’ve seen it too. I try to be a humanist but they make it hard.
If we prioritize education they fail. That’s why they attack public education with everything they have.
On the other hand, during Jim Crow they had poll tests that were weaponized to keep black people from voting.
Yup, that’s why I said a part of me. The other part understands that ultimately it would be twisted and used as a barrier against “the undesirables.”
Education is definitely a great weapon to combat the oligarchs manipulation but we’re not even funding it correctly currently in the US. It’ll take generations to rightsize and we’d still be dealing with a large amount of stupid people who no amount of education would help.