They really did think people were happy with how things had been going the last eight years.

The Obama-Trump voter clearly remains beyond the comprehension of a lot of people.

They’re making any argument that avoids addressing the intent and involvement of a 40 year old man with a high school girl. There isn’t anything to salvage from the topic.

There was a whole standaone mod, Falskaar I think, was made by some guy whose parents bank rolled him, including paying a salary, to make the mod, hire voice actors etc. There was all this hype around what is possible when you’re… infinitely bank rolled by wealthy parents.

“Miscellaneous costs” seems a little suspect.

I got a decent raise. Multiple required insurances I have immediately inflated.

looks at graph

Real wages are still below inflation. Nominal wage growth is what is above inflation.

Which means people are getting more money but it is worth less.

This means economic growth is down, and therefore the overall economy is demonstrably not in good shape.

*Edit To add from the article:

Nominal wage growth is the year-over-year growth in wages, not adjusted for inflation.

So… this doesn’t mean a whole lot then.

All three have one thing in common: named as potential replacements.

Media moves quick to burn.

I wonder if there’s a varangian connection with Norway’s use of Hellas?

Tobacco water pipe!

A broad coalition of the liberals, centrists, conservatives with the Nazis who were willing to outlaw and arrest a fifth of the government for the final vote to function.

They wanted it banned. And they got it banned. They saw a chance to win, took it, and won. Simple as.

Trick question: assume everyone is a child until proven otherwise.

I mean this strategy is how we got Trump in the first place. Zero lessons learned.

Shit, the Freikorps immediately turned around after murdering the Spartacus League and overthrew the SPD government who sent them out. The Kapp Putsch. And the SPD compromised with them.

Don’t forget helping manufacture the Clean Wehrmacht mythology. Sanitized fucking Heinz Guderian.

Just a casual grasp of historical events and a critical phase of post-war and interwar politics and economies of Europe.

There’s a lesson there!

So… are you picking a fight with being agreed with?

They didn’t forget: they explictly and knowingly realized they could abuse the checks and balances and there would be no consequences. And they have so far been right.

I don’t think any third party has the power to choose their visibility, which is kind of my point. If they had the resources of influence (capital) to spend on media exposure they probably would.

Third parties have been trying to gain visibility through presidential elections for decades, and it’s been completely unsuccessful.

My view is most third parties are not fielding presidential candidates specifically because you’re not wrong: it is not a successful strategy to campaign for that office as a third party.

But moreso, I would refer back to what I said about how most end up as a caucus within the two major parties. In a sense third party politicians have to actively obscure any willingness they have to break from the status quo.

I wager a viable third party would absorb existing key caucuses from the existing two parties, rather than fully challenging and replacing everyone.

Third party doesn’t have to be just for the presidency. It generally is anything but that.

I disagree: The Democratic Party does not care about its power. In fact many of the still current leaders of the party actively believe in a strong Republican Party.

I am specifically quoting Biden with that.

“We need a Republican Party. We need an opposition that’s principled and strong.”