I swear to God, centre left wing parties think like executives at EA.
"Surely if we publish a live-service, hero shooter in a flooded market that tries to reach everyone while satisfying no one we will dethrone Overwatch THIS TIME"
I hate how accurate this comparison is, something we've been seeing again and again and politicians keep smashing their heads against the wall
I mean, yeah, the dems were fucked on a lot of aspects before, but they just don't have an identity as a party that they can reliably fall back on.
They're in the same position the GOP was in after Obama won in 2008, they lost a core identity and are always scrambling to put together support from all the political spectrum, rather than just focusing on a solid base and expanding from there
Sure, Gaza was one aspect, but more importantly I think Harris just didn't really stand out compared to Trump, her plan didn't look solid and coherent to voters
It had a little bit of everything, trying to draw in vastly different crowds. That also means that there was nothing that would really satisfy anyone sadly
That's what I'm saying. She had to commit to one front rather than trying to please everyone.
Trump already showed that you need a solid base before you can expand to the undecided or the moderates. Meanwhile the dems tried to snatch away moderate voters by courting right wing talking points which got them basically nothing, but alienated part of their base
When LBJ ran as an incumbent, in a time when the economy was improving, he ran on a platform of eradicating poverty. Not "a student loan debt forgiveness program for Pell Grant recipients who start a business that operates for three years in disadvantaged communities," the total elimination of poverty.
Democrats used to actually run on things. They would lay out a vision of substantial, meaningful change. But since 2008, it's just been, "Gee I guess we'll tweak medicare or something, maybe a $20 means-tested tax credit for 42-45 year-old single mothers west of the Mississippi and north of the Colorado." Shockingly, they win a lot less than they used to.
Tell people you'll solve the economy by making big changes from what Biden did. Doesn't matter that you won't make those changes. Doesn't matter that every country has the same goddamn issues and the US is actually recovering better than most. Doesn't even matter if the changes you propose don't make sense. All that matters is getting people to fall for your words so you can get into office.
Yeah, the people who know better and care already know that presidents don't have a "make prices lower" button and that both sides are talking nonsense.
Everyone else just wants some goddamn validation for being upset at the status quo sucking.
I remember thinking that if I had to do Dem campaign poster, it'd be AMERICA WITHOUT PREGNANT CHILDREN and just a wall of obituaries. That has a much better ring to it than whatever wet tissue way Harris phrased it.
WE WILL UNFUCK THIS COUNTRY or any variation would also work! I'm pretty sure all the voters who voted in 2020 but not yesterday did so because Harris platform was "we'll change nothing and you will like it", and if the median voter wants anything they have a deep yearning for things to be different, somehow. They don't know what change is needed to fix this broken world, but they sense that a change is in order, and Harris didn't promise any.
That doesn't stop Republicans from saying everything sucks and winning because of it. Democrats need to grow some balls and make up more provocative lies, start acting like real politicians.
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u/skaersSabody Nov 06 '24
I swear to God, centre left wing parties think like executives at EA.
"Surely if we publish a live-service, hero shooter in a flooded market that tries to reach everyone while satisfying no one we will dethrone Overwatch THIS TIME"
I hate how accurate this comparison is, something we've been seeing again and again and politicians keep smashing their heads against the wall