"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H L Mencken
I'd already lost most of my trust in the average American's intelligence. That died long before 2016.
But since Trump's arrival on the scene, I've lost most of my trust in the average American's... well, anything, really. That so many of my fellow citizens are willing to throw away what's left of the country's laws and ideals to get momentary revenge on whoever dissed them, that so many of them are just plain stupid and sadistic, leaves me with very little faith that they'll suddenly make the right decision in November 2024.
This seems overly pessimistic. By and large American voters made the right decisions in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023. It might not happen next year, but still...
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H L Mencken
I'd already lost most of my trust in the average American's intelligence. That died long before 2016.
But since Trump's arrival on the scene, I've lost most of my trust in the average American's... well, anything, really. That so many of my fellow citizens are willing to throw away what's left of the country's laws and ideals to get momentary revenge on whoever dissed them, that so many of them are just plain stupid and sadistic, leaves me with very little faith that they'll suddenly make the right decision in November 2024.
This seems overly pessimistic. By and large American voters made the right decisions in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2023. It might not happen next year, but still...
What you say is true, and I will clutch that fact for dear life.