I do think labelling the opposition as garbage is counter-productive and I think Kamala was careful not to fall into this trap which had bitten Hilary previously. Unfortunately the senile standing president did not do Kamala any favours with that comment and his explanation wasn’t very believable. However, how is it that Trump or people close to him can get away the name calling of the Dem's or the left - 'the enemy from within' or 'criminals' for example?
With regards to making Trump appear to be persecuted by using the fascist/Nazi slur, why does this not work the other way round? Kamala has been the butt of many ridiculous labels but just focusing on the most common; her being a communist - where is the evidence for this? The Democratic party isnt even left wing as per normal standards let alone socialist. Lets look at the evidence of Trump being a fascist; denial of any election that goes against him, prioritisation of loyalty over democratic principles, how he has tried to centralise power within the executive branch such as ordering people within the DOJ and firing them if they do not comply and lastly, January 6th (the riot wasn’t even the worst part of this day, it was the fake elector scheme - have you even heard of this?). Lets not forget that there are a significant amount of his own senior staff that have called out his fascist tendencies as well as his VP calling him Hitler.
Regarding your morals comment, that’s the both sides as bad as each other argument that I would expect from a Fox news hack but is unfortunately widespread amongst all the classic liberal/moderate/ just asking questions and definitely not right wing podcasters like Rogan, Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Konstantin Kisin. Regarding Hunter Biden, he wasn’t part of the Democratic party and has been convicted with 3 felonies. With regards to the claims of Joe Biden being involved in the criminal dealings, the evidence for this was thrown out of court due to a witness lacking credibility. Do I really need to list the charges and conviction of Trump as well as the criminals that have served underneath him? Let me guess, all made up by the deep state?!
I get why the working class and the white male feel forgotten, and whilst I do think Trump or any other populist are unlikely to give tangible long term benefits to these demographic groups, I do understand why they feel heard by their rhetoric. I think the Dems and left are scoring an own goal by not addressing why these demographic groups are moving away from voting for them. However I do think they are fighting an uphill, if not losing battle.
Personally I think Bannon's tactic of 'flooding the zone with shit' works and has a large part to play in the current climate. It becomes difficult to establish the truth, especially on complex and nuanced topics, therefore its just easier to go with your bias. Yes that obviously applies to the left as well, but in the information economy that we live in, that can be gamed by the bad faith actors to win. Even before Musk took over Twitter, I always felt the right were better at gaming the algorithms, they recognised that emotion is more important than facts (remember Cambridge Analytica?!). When the algorithms disproportionally give a voice to fake news, the crazies and rage, the left versus right divide that always existed now feels like we are edging to a civil war. Its why I think these strong leaders become more popular, and its why authoritarianism doesn’t sound like a bad idea for some anymore. If your problems and complex issues can always be explained by the deep state / elite making you the victim, then there is only one man that can fix it!
Unless you can give me a lesson on why you can see through the lefts desperate propaganda? Moreoever, feel free to explain why there is a different standard applied to Trump when it comes to name calling, or why despite evidence to the contrary, Trumps discretions are the equivalent to any of the Dem's?
