What about all the articles on HN today suggesting the Democrats reflect on why Kamala lost? Bottom line: because people were unwilling to believe that Trump was a clear and present danger to their ongoing security.
Despite numerous warnings and evidence of Trump's actions, many remain unconvinced of the threat he poses. Trump continues to act in ways that undermine security, yet the public remains in denial. It's like frogs in a jacuzzi, unaware that the water is slowly heating up.
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What about all the articles on HN today suggesting the Democrats reflect on why Kamala lost? Bottom line: because people were unwilling to believe that Trump was a clear and present danger to their ongoing security.
Despite numerous warnings and evidence of Trump's actions, many remain unconvinced of the threat he poses. Trump continues to act in ways that undermine security, yet the public remains in denial. It's like frogs in a jacuzzi, unaware that the water is slowly heating up.
The factor I think about most is the influence of long-term hostile power social media campaigns, and the abuse of Twitter by Elon to favour Donald.
The extent of that abuse has become clear;
https://bsky.app/profile/willhaycardiff.bsky.social/post/3lk...
Here we see Twitter hiding pro-UA post for 12 hours, until it's spammed by hate bots, and then making it visible.
I've seen similar but mirrored for hideous material posted by MAGA - spammed by love bots.
I would think tweets to organize protest and being suppressed.