True but Republicans are much more thorough with the nationalism

Well considering the population yes that makes sense, I’m just saying I’ve never seen it be so republican. As I’ve said in a post I just made this is just what I’ve been encountering personally it’s just anecdotal ik but I def feel a shift

Right but niggas don’t think like that

All they remember is money drying up while Biden is sitting in the chair

Nah I feel ya, I just don't see any states filliping realistically other than the 6 battleground states from 2020

Most are too entrenched to really flip

Yea I don’t actually think NY or NJ will be red but I think he will win states we don’t see coming and states like NJ will be closer than we think

This is me

I'm not voting but if I did I'd probably vote for Trump ngl

the checks were objectively a good thing

the us government does bare minimum in social services already, it was the least they could do

any competent leader of any country would’ve done it. It’s not some particularly unique or devastating idea.

The whole “people had more disposable income but spent it irresponsibly” was a lie the media pandered to shift focus away from coporations refusing to raise wages

If you mean in reality, sure, but most people do not believe that at all. A lot of people think Democrats want to kill off all those things, there's people who legitimately believe Democrats are going to force gay marriage mandates on people and stuff

NJ flips govs pretty frequently. most of the burbs are red, cities blue

lots of this has to do with messaging. Dems are so so so so bad at messaging and allow the right to bully them essentially

Dems have won in every general election since 92 though, I’m not in a suburban area either I’ll say that

So does Massachusetts, yet have not voted for a Republican president since Reagan

Not just bad at messaging but they’re bad at policy

You are not alone, republicans are going to blow the door off this next election getting niggas to vote expecting economy boost + govt aid again

Is that the discussion? I wouldn't expect Republicans to give aid but their policies tend to promote general economic health which I think is what people want

that too ofc, but in the absence of good policy, messaging is where you'd think they would work to be better at displaying to Americans why life is better under them, which they struggle with in part because the lack of policy for sure.

but Rs dont let their lack of or s*** policy get in the way of signaling whatever they want to their constiuency.

yea, it may never happen again. I cant even imagine the type of candidate that would be able to do it these days.

interesting hearing what you have to say, cause im in the opposite boat, not near or in cities much

Crazy that all the recent financial crises happen under Republican administrations lol

The reality is that the establishment has done the most they can/want to in the field of liberation politics and bringing about social equality

The economy and ideology of rich/corporate America is directly tied to its past of being a slavers/plantation economy. The American economy is directly reliant on the oppression and Exploitation of its minorities, especially black folk

Both democrat and Republican Party politicians realize this and gain benefit from working around it

However, the Democrat party will always be positioned as the party of progress. How can you progress while retaining the oppression that you benefit from? You can’t! So they’ll either make lip service, embarrassing performative acts, or straight up lies (the George Floyd act increasing police funding, the dashiki kneel, painting a road)

The republican party is honest in its racism and disdain for progress. And most Americans, raised on honesty and morals, will vote the honest party after decades of being lied to, since both sides create the same outcome

We will never see private prison abolition, universal healthcare, climate change policy, universal education, labor democracy, or any other act that frees the normal man from their work through either party

most people also dont care to dig into the facts.

there was that thread in life sxn some months ago of someone trying to show why the R talking point of grocery prices being out of control was rather phony.

people hear what they wanna hear, and will never go back through their receipts to see if it actually adds up

U right I feel like it's maybe a healthy thing to purge out the upper class, but that's neither the interest of the democrats or the republicans

5th paragraph is spotttttttt on.

question though, why are gas prices higher than they were 5 years ago despite our production and reserves being higher than ever?

it’s cool now

You answered your own question bro. It’s a combination of that, hating Biden (valid reasons), there being no one better that will actually win, and a lack of education