U.S. Presidential Election

[MilkyJoe]

 

[FloopFiller]

4 minutes ago, MilkyJoe said:

Nope, but in a couple of days it’s going to be set for only people I follow. That ‘for you’ tab is toxic.

Yeah, I’ve been indulging in the For You tab over the election to see some different points of view and (foolishly, it seems) dunking on right wingers, but f**k that now - gonna be unbearable.

[MilkyJoe]

 

[lazyred]

34 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Yup, this was the chance to turn the tide but America has instead decided this is the path forward they want.
 

Not wanting to punish the people who didn’t vote for him, but I really hope his economic plan is as disastrous as many people have predicted and the people who voted for him suffer because of it. 

That's the way to win next time. Just like the losers response to Brexit. Don't ry and understand why it happened. Just stay in a bubble and have a tantrum. 

[MilkyJoe]

11 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Yeah, I’ve been indulging in the For You tab over the election to see some different points of view and (foolishly, it seems) dunking on right wingers, but f**k that now - gonna be unbearable.

The for you algorithm is so skewed. I happened to call somebody that was blaming the grey skies in the UK on chemtrails a moron and now my feed is full of people asking why the sky is grey in winter.🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[Crazyfool01]

Wonder how many have dropped Twitter ? Is there a live numbers thing anywhere ? Has this f**ked the markets yet ? Or will it ? Dare not look 

[steviewevie]

5 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Wonder how many have dropped Twitter ? Is there a live numbers thing anywhere ? Has this f**ked the markets yet ? Or will it ? Dare not look 

dollar doing very well.

[lazyred]

57 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Old school Republicanism is dead, it is now the maga party. This happening elsewhere too and will likely increase, old right conservative parties being replaced by populists...who target migrants and net zero 

As you say the same thing is happening in Europe. I'm not sure the centre left parties can adapt. Their liberal activists despise their traditional working class voters. 

[MilkyJoe]

9 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Wonder how many have dropped Twitter ? Is there a live numbers thing anywhere ? Has this f**ked the markets yet ? Or will it ? Dare not look 

The dollar is up a fair bit which selfishly is the only good thing about this whole sh*t show.

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, lazyred said:

As you say the same thing is happening in Europe. I'm not sure the centre left parties can adapt. Their liberal activists despise their traditional working class voters. 

well that is what Labour under McSweeney and Starmer is trying to do.

[steviewevie]

The other big issue in this election was immigration...often coming in at number 2 behind the economy in people's concerns polling..and this hurt Harris and helped Trump, and he really milked it with his eating pets nonsense that did cut through.

Edited November 6 by steviewevie

[lazyred]

Just now, steviewevie said:

well that is what Labour under McSweeney and Starmer is trying to do.

Absolutely and the left are not happy.

[kalifire]

Kamala ran a flawless campaign given how much time she had. Biden should have handed over the reigns about six months prior. She never really got to introduce herself properly to America. Also, there are swathes of medieval voters in America who can’t fathom electing a woman. 
 

Moving forward, we have to hope that the Dems grow a pair and start fighting dirty, obstructing with litigation at every possible measure until they (probably) regain the senate in 2026. We also have to hope that Trump was full of sh*t about his proposed policies just to try and appeal to his base. 

[lost]

17 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

dollar doing very well.

 

As far as I can see initially markets seem to think higher inflation/ less interest rates cuts on tariff's so dollar up / gold down. US manufacturing up (Tesla up 12%) importers down (porsche down) China in the sh*t and will stimulate more. All time high in Bitcoin ($75k as Trump is pro-crypto)

Edited November 6 by lost

[Henrik]

29 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Wonder how many have dropped Twitter ? Is there a live numbers thing anywhere ? Has this f**ked the markets yet ? Or will it ? Dare not look 

 

I can confirm the markets are BOOMING. Not seen a day like this for a while. 

[steviewevie]

18 minutes ago, kalifire said:

Kamala ran a flawless campaign given how much time she had. Biden should have handed over the reigns about six months prior. She never really got to introduce herself properly to America. Also, there are swathes of medieval voters in America who can’t fathom electing a woman. 
 

Moving forward, we have to hope that the Dems grow a pair and start fighting dirty, obstructing with litigation at every possible measure until they (probably) regain the senate in 2026. We also have to hope that Trump was full of sh*t about his proposed policies just to try and appeal to his base. 

They need to realise that social media is where it's at now...

[MilkyJoe]

 

[MilkyJoe]

 

[Alvoram]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

They need to realise that social media is where it's at now...

Joe Rogan had more sway on his own than every single musician, singer, rapper, actor or sports star backing KH. 

 

[Henrik]

9 minutes ago, Alvoram said:

Joe Rogan had more sway on his own than every single musician, singer, rapper, actor or sports star backing KH. 

 

100%

 

[steviewevie]

12 minutes ago, Alvoram said:

Joe Rogan had more sway on his own than every single musician, singer, rapper, actor or sports star backing KH. 

 

Taps into aggrieved young men.

[kalifire]

22 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

They need to realise that social media is where it's at now...

That’s a millennial take. Social media isn’t where it’s at. It’s with influencers, predominantly podcasters. 

[zahidf]

I feel massively down obviously and think the world is screwed now. I can only hope things can only get better, but it's clear democracy is massively on the ropes.

 

I'm glad I don't have kids. Feel bad for my nephews though.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

Yes, but haven't yet....

A new move indeed given you've historically been one of the more reliable Twitter re-posters on here.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, lazyred said:

That's the way to win next time. Just like the losers response to Brexit. Don't ry and understand why it happened. Just stay in a bubble and have a tantrum. 

One of the reasons why I felt Brexit happened was because the Remain campaign didn't really provide a positive reason to vote for staying until after the referendum tbf. Fat load of good that was.

 

I'm not sure what is next tbf. At the very least I think the Democrat party needs a clearout of some names that have just not proven up to it.