Entry 2373, on 2024-11-11 at 17:01:55 (Rating 4, Politics)
Summary
The most dangerous attitude for any political group is a lack of awareness about the world. This was evident in the Democrats' recent election loss, primarily because they seem disconnected from reality. Many celebrities and big companies supported them, but this does not mean they had majority voter support. Often, loud and arrogant people can create a false impression of majority opinion, which can be misleading. This is similar to a protest happening in New Zealand against the Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill; despite media coverage suggesting widespread opposition surveys indicate support for the Bill. Trump won because he connected with working-class voters, while the Democrats have become elitist and unaware of their unappealing message. Changes in public sentiment show a growing backlash against "woke" ideologies. Many are tired of being labeled as racists or other accusations, demonstrating that awareness and adaptability are crucial for political success.
Full Text
Surely the most dangerous attitude for any political group to have is lack of awareness. If people are unaware of the reality in the wider world how could they possibly make decisions which will be effective? Of course, I am referring to the Democrats and their supporters in the recent US election. In my opinion, they lost mainly because they are out of touch with reality.
Many prominent people, celebrities, media companies, and many large corporations strongly supported the Democrats. A superficial analysis might lead you to think that meant the majority of voters also supported them. Sorry, wrong!
It is a common phenomenon where the noisiest, most obnoxious, most arrogant people make a big fuss about a political issue, and when that is reinforced by the biased media, it might make us believe they represent the majority. But often, they don't.
The same thing is happening here in New Zealand where a bunch of lazy parasites (yeah, OK, being a bit judgemental there) are currently engaged in a march to parliament to protest against the Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill. They organised this before they even knew what was in the bill, because any suggestion that Maori privileges might end triggers them. Judging from media coverage you might think that almost every New Zealander supports this protest, but surveys show the majority support the Bill. So the woke mob who are against the Bill seem to be unaware of the level of support it has.
Trump won because many working class people identify with his message. The Democrats have become a party for the elite, and for people who like a "nice" message instead of hard reality. They were unaware that their message was not attractive to the majority of voters. So even though Donald Trump is a difficult character for many, he still won because he was aware enough to create a message which did connect.
For example, his decision to appear on major podcasts, especially Joe Rogan's, was brilliant. I listened to that podcast and I thought Trump represented himself well, like a real person instead of the caricature the media showed us, although his aggressive style and tendency to engage in hyperbole were still there! And if you think podcasts don't matter then you are suffering from the same lack of awareness as the Democrats.
Of course, it could have been that if Kamala Harris had been subjected to an unscripted, unrehearsed 3 hour discussion with Joe Rogan her total vacuousness would have become obvious to everyone, but if that was the case, why was she chosen as the candidate to start with? Well, we all know the answer to that don't we: she was a diversity hire!
The world has recently started changing. The era of woke is drawing to an end. Many people are getting sick of being told that they are racists, or that the history of their country is evil, or that men are women, or that the police should be defunded. This might have worked 5 or 10 years ago but we're getting over it now. Maybe the Democrats weren't aware of this change.
And many of us noticed that every time Trump was attacked he just got stronger. After the obviously political law cases he gained voters. Why? Maybe the Democrats were so unaware of the consequences of their actions that they thought those dirty tricks would help. And amongst their own team the idea of "not electing a convicted felon" was popular. But other people were thinking "why vote for a party (the Dems) which uses the law against its political opponents?"
And the assassination attempts gave him a massive boost. The shooters' motivations were not very well explored by the media, which suggests they were largely due to left leaning ideology, but the imagery of his defiance after the shooting must have been worth a lot of votes.
I saw a cartoon very apropos to the general "lack of awareness" phenomenon. It showed two very earnest woke lefties, and one says to the other "I can't believe that a year of us screaming at Zionists, taking over buildings, destroying college property and burning American flags didn't defeat Trump".
There's a lot of truth in that cartoon. Most people are getting very sick of protestors who support terrorists, who inconvenience others by holding up traffic with their hysterical climate protests, and who engage in rioting, arson, and murder to support a fake narrative of system racism in police. These people, almost universally supported by the left, are morons, but they are also unaware of how their stupidity is seen by others.
If there was one factor separating the left and right at this point in history it would be this: the left want to do nice sounding things, even if the don't work; the right want to do the things which have worked in the past, even if they seem harsh on unkind. You can make you own choice, but be aware.
Comment 1 by Anonymous on 2024-11-13 at 10:40:08:
Seems like you are very happy that Trump won. How long have you been a MAGA type person?
Comment 2 by OJB on 2024-11-13 at 11:48:05:
Until recently I would be more likely to support the Democrats, but as I have said in other comments, the left has gone insane and left moderate people like myself with nowhere to go except the right. This is mainly to do with the left's tendency to be super-woke, which I see as the biggest threat to society today. I can't vote in the US anyway, but my support has also changed here in New Zealand, from Labour to Act, for similar reasons.
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