From: jimruttshow8596
The 2024 US election presents a complex and deeply concerning political landscape, with significant criticisms leveled against both major parties and their candidates. [01:41:00] Observers note a pervasive sense of crisis, with some believing the outcome could determine the future viability of meaningful elections in the United States. [02:51:00]
Overarching Systemic Concerns
Beyond specific party criticisms, fundamental issues are identified within the American political system:
- Overheated Rhetoric: Both sides are accused of making exaggerated claims about the other, contributing to a “overheated” political environment. [02:58:00]
- Degraded System: The system is seen as so “degraded” that it’s difficult to ascertain what the electorate truly thinks. [13:45:00]
- Duopoly and Corruption: The two-party system is viewed as a “racket” and a “corrupt system,” which needs to be overcome. [15:23:00] [30:16:00] Donald Trump is credited by some with effectively “decapitating the duopoly” and the Republican Party by bringing in new demographics. [30:19:00]
- Short-Term Orientation: The current political “operating system” is considered excessively short-term oriented, failing to address long-term challenges. [01:00:11]
- Neglect of Existential Threats: Both parties are criticized for ignoring crucial existential threats like the Carrington effect and the Earth’s weakening magnetic field, which could have catastrophic global consequences. [48:41:00] [50:41:00]
Concerns about the Democratic Party (Blue Team)
Concerns about the Democratic Party, or “blue team,” include:
- Election Integrity: Allegations of “rampant cheating” and “election interference,” specifically concerning “illegitimate stagecraft” around Kamala Harris and a “willingness of the blue team to break the values and rules surrounding consent of the governed in order to retain power.” [03:18:00]
- Kamala Harris’s Role and Qualifications: Accusations that Kamala Harris used the 25th Amendment as a threat to remove Joe Biden from the presidential race but then refused to exercise it to remove him from office, rendering her “complicit” and “unqualified” to be president. [04:15:00] She is described as a “lightweight” and a “predictably terrible stand-in.” [47:47:00] Her selection is criticized for allegedly being based on “identitarian characteristics” (female, not white) rather than competence. [01:03:36]
- Joe Biden’s Mental State: The Democratic Party leadership was aware of Joe Biden’s mental decline but kept him “on script” with “industrial strength smoke and mirrors” before the debate. [08:00:00]
- Deviation from Constitutional Principles: The blue team is seen as comfortable with not knowing “who the president is,” and their actions deviate from the Constitution’s checks and balances. [05:40:00]
- Party as a Racket: The Democratic Party has “become a racket,” where the rank and file are not allowed to choose their nominee. [15:18:00]
- Driving out Decent People: The party is accused of having “driven all the likable decent people out.” [15:45:00]
- Oikophobia: The party is associated with “hatred of your culture,” “hatred of America,” and “hatred of Enlightenment values,” evidenced by views among college students. [24:32:00]
- Rising Anti-Semitism: Polling data among younger generations in the Democratic party is cited as showing a significant increase in anti-Semitism. [24:51:00]
- Wokeness and Neo-Tribalism: The party is criticized for “wokeness” and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies, which are labeled as “neo-tribal racism.” [21:04:04]
- Unrealistic Climate Policies: Democratic energy transition demands are deemed “simply impossible” and “profoundly negative” for the economy, with unrealistic timelines like Bernie Sanders’s 2030 renewable energy goal. [25:20:00] [46:16:00]
- Excessive Government Spending: Democrats are characterized as the party of “excessive government spending.” [26:20:00]
- Anti-Second Amendment Stance: The party holds an “anti-Second Amendment stance.” [26:23:00]
- Weakness on Free Speech: Democrats are considered “weak on Free Speech.” [26:26:00]
- Support for Hamas: Some within the party are labeled “Hamas lovers,” supporting “medievalist bunch of pre-Enlightenment thinkers.” [26:40:00]
- Feminism and Masculinity: The Democratic Party is seen as having an “incoherently feminine quadrant of the electorate” due to an “overthrow of masculinity,” where men are “subordinating themselves to a bunch of ideas that are just flat out wrong.” [20:22:00]
- Cultural Disparagement: There’s a “cultural disparagement of rural people and working class people by the blue Coast to Elites.” [35:20:00]
- Ukraine and Russia: The blue team is blamed for “nuclear brinksmanship with Russia” and the “debacle in Ukraine,” effectively inviting the conflict through belligerent actions. [03:34:00] [43:51:00]
- Looting the Treasury through Ukraine: Allegations exist of “the regime” using Ukraine as a mechanism to “loot the treasury and to funnel that money in some untraceable way,” with hints tied to Hunter Biden and Burisma. [43:46:00]
- Ignoring the Carrington Effect Risk: The “blue team” is criticized for sending US stockpiles of spare transformers, crucial for recovering from a Carrington effect event, to Ukraine, demonstrating “insane” behavior relative to a major global threat. [54:03:00]
Concerns about the Republican Party (Red Team)
Concerns about the Republican Party, or “red team,” include:
- Imposition of Religion: A “relentless and growing” attempt to “impose religion on the public,” including placing the Ten Commandments in schools and the growth of Christian nationalism. This is seen as a repudiation of the Enlightenment and the separation of church and state. [27:01:00]
- Cultural Control of Individual Behavior: The party’s stance on abortion, right-to-die issues, and drug wars is viewed as “religiously motivated, mostly cultural imperialism.” [27:44:00]
- Anti-Free Speech Tendencies: Republicans are also accused of “anti-free speech Tendencies,” such as banning books and mandating speech by medical practitioners. [27:57:00]
- Climate Change Denial: Many Republicans are “flat-out deniers of climate change,” with some prominent figures calling it a “hoax.” [28:08:08] There is a perceived lack of “quality thinking” on engineering a sensible trajectory to carbon neutrality. [48:30:00]
- Naive Foreign Policy: Concerns exist about a “naive foreign policy,” especially regarding Ukraine and Taiwan, with fears that Donald Trump might cut off support to Ukraine. [28:28:00] [43:09:00]
- Fiscal Irresponsibility: Republicans are characterized as “Big Spenders and even more irresponsible” than Democrats because they cut taxes while increasing spending, contributing significantly to deficits. [45:46:00]
- Critique of Donald Trump:
- Described as an “absolute ass clown,” a “despicable human being,” and a “pathological liar” who may not understand the concept of truth. [57:26:00]
- His decision-making is seen as driven by “narcissism,” making him easily exploited and prioritizing short-term “adoration from his folk” over long-term strategic decisions. [58:04:00] [01:05:52]
- He is accused of appealing to “IQ 90 voters” and having “the idiots on his side.” [29:43:00]
- His mercurial nature and changing stances (e.g., on abortion) are noted as a concern. [01:01:27]
Voting Considerations
Given these concerns, some voters find themselves as “double haters,” disliking both major parties. [24:16:00] The decision on who to vote for becomes a choice of “hating them slightly less.” [24:25:00] Some argue that the “blue team is a threat to the fairest safest most productive system the world has ever known,” making a vote against them an obligation for “every patriotic American.” [39:31:00] [01:02:00] Specific actions, like a potential Trump administration removing the US from the World Health Organization or initiating an investigation into the COVID period, are cited as compelling reasons to vote red. [01:04:30] [01:04:40] Others note that the “red team” has its own problems, but a “new movement” under its banner may offer a different path. [01:04:14] However, Donald Trump’s personality and perceived short-term focus remain a significant impediment for some when considering the long-term challenges facing humanity. [01:07:41]