Father Time and the Orange Rage Demon sounds like a great B-movie, though 😄

You dropped your p

That's the only way that democracy is not in imminent danger.

If fascism is only beaten by the same tight margin that more sane and humane (but still neurotic and cruel) conservatism was for the second presidential election in a row, that means that the second largest party in the richest and most powerful country in the world being a fascist party has become the norm rather than just an unusually persistent aberration.

It appears she's looking at people who could swing a purple state, so that probably won't excite anyone hoping for a progressive ticket.

Tim waltz seems like a good pick. Seems to have a bit of the Bernie, no-bullshit, authenticity that plays well with independents.

Remember, if they're voting in their first election this year, there's a decent chance they were under ten before Trump emerged on the scene as a politician. They don't remember what it used to be like. They think this is normal.

Young people are not renowned for their wisdom.

It has nothing to do with his age. His brain is on vacation. Bernie Sanders is older than Biden, but if he were the nominee we'd see the same enthusiasm as we're seeing for Harris.

It’s in quotes, so I think they made it clear they were quoting something the young people might say.

I don’t know if they’re right that the 18-35s use that word very often, but I think that’s what they’re going for.

You're not alone, there are hundreds of Lemmy users who hold equally vocal opinions over details irrelevant to the point.

I honestly thought it was a bad idea to pivot to Harris but I was happily proven wrong. There's so much excitement and energy surrounding her. Like a breath of fresh air. Glad to see it.

It's that smug attitude that got us Biden. Democrats win or lose by convincing the meh people that it's worth their time to go vote. If they don't go vote trump wins so they literally can't go meh all they want if Democrats wants to win.

They just showed the party what to do in order to get them excited to vote.

The party listened to their concerns, and they fell in line instantly. All the party has to do to get voter enthusiasm is to listen to the voters.

You don't get enthusiasm by ignoring people's concerns. That's how you get apathy and resentment.

The party demonstrated responsiveness to voters' concerns for the first time in decades.

I've been thinking about this story for almost a decade.

Right after the 2016 election, there was a panel with the creative teams behind US TV's biggest political dramas. Veep, Scandal, West Wing, House of Cards, and other shows. All the panelists agreed on one point; if they'd presented a fictional character who said they 'liked soldiers who didn't get captured' the networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be shown to lose the election and be hated by all sides.

We can't pretend that voters will do the right thing