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There is nothing fanatical about programs that are less extreme than ones successfully implemented in Canada, the UK, etc. Biden himself implemented some so called fanatical programs like the child credit but let them run out while people got wrecked from inflation making his position worse. Biden even ran on things like the public option because he knew it was popular, but just didn’t follow through.

Because if he does a strike and nothing changes or it gets worse that would be a show of weakness. His advisors told him doing that would make Iran ramp up killings and israel said they don’t think a strike is enough to collapse the country as of now.

The simplest moral standard is you are responsible for what you are implicated in. Western countries arm Israel’s war crimes and repression, they don’t arm Irans.

Both are true. Socialists failed to sell themselves in many ways, However incompetence isn’t just about winning, there are other factors. If there is an election between a candidate who polls at 1% and another who polls at 99%, then the result is 49% and 51% respectively, the loser was far more competent than the winner who bungled his lead. Still not enough to overcome the odds. Sanders fought an uphill battle and gained ground but lost. Democrats had the advantage and screwed it up.

Not at all. The US and Europe not only arm israel but engage in trade, give aid, provide diplomatic cover. Their support maintains it. The US and Europe do nothing of the sort regarding Iran and go as far as massively sanctioning not just the government but the entire economy. There did seem to be more support during the 2022 Iranian protests yes. I suspect less now because the left is focused on domestic issues & dislike trump and Israels foreign policy actions in the past two years and associate them with the Iranian uprising since they inserted themselves into it.

This is basic reasoning

Depends on the ideal possibilities of success and how closely they got to them.

No, they just did so in an incompetent fashion. Same with many aspects of their governance, hence turning voters against them. Like what republicans are doing now.

To do what? They voted for who they wanted and got it.

They already tried and failed. Now he’s way too popular, unless his tenure as mayor fails.

The only reason you are defending the democrats is because at some point they persuaded you, but somehow you deny the relevance of persuading others in a system which power is awarded though votes (in each state). Ironic.

So the Michelin star restaurant should not consider adopting the winning strategy McDonald’s uses but instead just declare it is everyone who didn’t buy from thems fault and let their business tank and go out of business? Congrats your business failed and no one cares. I wonder if you’d maintain this belief if we invested your life savings in a business. Would you sit on your high horse like this or would you suggest they actually try to convince customers to buy? By your logic everyone should just stop donating to democrats and they shouldn’t even bother campaigning. Since it’s everyone else’s job to just vote for them.

No I just have capacity for nuance and basic logic. This doesn’t conflict with anything I’m saying. Democrats are just getting lucky their opposition is shooting itself in the foot.

In a competitive market it is up to the producer to persuade consumers. Imagine two people start companies, one focuses on convincing people to buy from them, the other whines that it’s the peoples job to come buy from him. You literally brought up McDonald’s yourself which is an example of this. McDonald’s wins because they persuade. Imagine if McDonald’s only ever just expected people to buy from them because it’s their job, they would have gone out of business a long time ago. Hutch and his ilk never use this blame the voters logic when the side they don’t like loses! It’s just sour grapes because their beloved establishment democrats and their strategies failed but he doesn’t want to fundamentally question why.

McDonald’s sells more than any other restaurant precisely for this reason. Its called acknowledging reality. McDonald’s knows that what matters is taking ownership and marketing to get people in the door. A good restaurant can complain people don’t appreciate them all they want, no one cares. If you run a restaurant and you want it to succeed you don’t just expect people to know, you market and persuade. The entire point of elections is for candidates to persuade the public. If they fail to persuade the public, that’s on them. Just complaining about the voters is stupid, if you can’t get the voters on your side you should resign and put someone in your position who can, that’s the purpose of campaigning. Notice how Hutch and his ilk never use this blame the voters logic when the side they don’t like loses, then it’s that they are just wrong and would need to change how they do things to succeed.

How is Huberman charismatic? He just summarizes research papers and science facts in an important sounding voice. He gets girls because he’s famous and tall.

Yes voters are adults, and the purpose of elections is for politicians to get voters to vote for them, If they fail the politician failed. What you’re saying is like if a restaurant goes out of business and blames people for not eating at it. It is the restaurants responsibility to bring customers, if it failed to do so it will fail.

That’s not how it works. The job of politicians is to inspire people to vote for them. If the politicians can’t do that they failed, not the voters.

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They don’t need that to strike them.

That’s because the plan is to just let republicans screw up enough so that people feel forced to vote for them and they don’t have to change at all. And to be honest it’s working, they’re actually doing slightly better in polls and everyone’s lining up behind Newsom.

Because most of the world doesn’t support Iran, the protests were because israel was being armed and supported by world governments. Americans and Europeans protested because they wanted their government to stop supporting Israel. Their governments don’t support Iran so there is nothing to protest. Where were you when Israel committed far worse slaughters and far worse repression? Defending then excusing it.

Update, apparently delayed after Israel said not to https://www.axios.com/2026/01/15/trump-iran-strikes-israel-concern

Naturals are just naturally able to bring out the instinctive parts of their personality designed for socializing and flirting.

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/trump-call-nyc-mamdani-calls-text