So help me out here. Let’s look at two hypothetical situations.
In one situation there’s a 9th grade class president election with two candidates, Cathy Smith, and Preston Kreap.
Cathy’s platform includes a promise to liaise with the teachers about their satisfaction with the various courses, validity of the various tests and exams, and the suitability and usefulness of the provided school supplies.
Preston’s platform, on the other hand, promises a Trans Am or a Corvette for everybody along with free detailing and all the booze and cigarettes that they want.
Unsurprisingly, the 14 year olds of 9th grade elect Preston as class president.
In the second scenario, the two presidential candidates promise essentially similar things, except the voters range in age from 18 and older. This is analogous to this election but, for some reason the majority voted for Preston Kreap.
In no way is any of this the Democrats’ fault. For some reason, a predominantly adult population elected a chronologically old, high school bull-shitter and bully.
This is something that is not fixable without a complete overhaul of the education system. Without starting now, to teach kids, from kindergarten onwards into high school and university, about logic, honesty, and critical thinking, this will never change.
All the efforts, a la Bernie Sanders et al, are bull shit. No normal, moral and ethical person would watch a big standard Trump rally calling everyone juvenile names and insults, would vote for him over Harris.
We are truly fucked for the next 20 years, if Republicans don’t push back on needed educational changes as “social engineering”.
No normal adult (as opposed to a high school student) would be bamboozled by someone like Trump. It’s shocking that there are so many apologists for this man and his voters. Even if their concerns and fears about the border and economy were valid, no normal adult would listen to someone like Trump.