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G650

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  1. Oh it is, its just not as extreme as it used to be. But as I said the billionaire welfare is through the roof now
  2. https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/11/01/well-still-be-neighbors-virginia-beach-yard-sign-aims-to-counter-political-divisiveness/ So I just read this morning we lead the state in political sign irritation. I 100% believe it, it's insane this year.
  3. I mean, my issues with unions was always in relation to how they shit on other labor for their own ends, not how they kept companies in check, which is a good thing. I do think they are generally in a better place now and as I said I have common ground with them. I guess the other part of this is we have gone to a country that is basically welfare for billionaires. Yes, those are definitely all positives.
  4. I mean, I'm still not overly Union to this day. But the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so there's common ground to be had. As I've said before, the 20th century US was basically welfare for mediocre white motherfuckers, and we are seeing the reaction to that going away over the past 15 to 20 year. Unions were just an extension of that philosophy.
  5. So honestly, this guy is a funny story, and there is no way I can really do it justice here, but I will give you the overview anyhow. He is a true believer in every sense of the word and lives in a vaguely attached reality. Probably two or three times a year he will call me in a panic over some totally wacky conspiracy theory he has heard from god knows where. I think the last one was France, India and maybe Turkey were going through with their alternative currency and the USD was going to be eradicated in 3 months. This was maybe in the spring of this year? Anyways. He was a nuclear engineer in the Navy, so clearly has intelligence, but whatever that thing that keeps you in touch with reality is not firing on all cylinders. As far as the riot, he was there for the rally up the street (I actually talked to him on the phone while that was happening. He was like "hold on a second, the President is speaking", which is when it dawned on me where he was). He got sucked up into that through naiveté, and didn't actually raid the Capitol. And on the plus side my guys gave him a hilarious amount of shit for it. So this isn't a guy who is consciously lashing out and knows he is hurting people, he is a true believer.
  6. This is accurate. It's also what the middle and upper middle class have voted for, for almost 50 years running now, and what they culturally value above all else.
  7. Well, we don't exactly, but thats ok too!
  8. I'm certainly not saying the uneducated whites aren't breaking Trump, but what I see is people underestimating just how many middle class suburbanites exist. At any rate, it's an interesting conversation but now its time for me to retire and read a bit before bed so I'll leave it here. I have full faith the night shift will have much for us to ponder in the morning.
  9. He does from some. I spend my days with poor white dudes among others, they aren't universally, or even majority, Trumpy. Upper middle suburban white dudes who like F250s, or have construction companies, or work in finance or plenty of other cross sections are like 99% Trump true believers and there are millions of them. Hell I posted the dude with the Trump Train Fountain speedboat in here, that's like the median Trump acolyte. How many of you guys know anyone that was at the J6 riot? I talk to one almost every day in a professional capacity. Owns a small excavation and grading company, been raking it in past few years. Literally 100% opposite of people who have been left behind supposedly in this economy.
  10. I'm not sure what a Tobias is, but there's a lot more of the people I'm referring to than Cleeti in this country.
  11. Aren't there like half a million of them in Florida?
  12. Totally fine to disagree. Empirical evidence has shown who they are to where I'm pretty confident in my opinion though. At the end of the day, from what you have posted over the year I surmise our policy preferences are pretty closely aligned, at least economically. The only real difference I see is you have an eye to the middle class outcomes and I wouldn't care if the US middle class drove off a cliff.
  13. But that is who the core Trump supporter is.
  14. Exactly. Core Trump support isn't remotely tied to who didn't win the inflation lottery of the past couple years, in fact it can't be tied to it at all because of the very fact it goes back 8+ years. To this day it is insane how people writ large still don't get who the core Trump supporters really are. It's upper middle suburban/exurban whites of certain persuasions. It's not Cleetus and Meemaw.
  15. I know this is hard for progressives to accept, but the problem is that Trump's real core supports do not benefit from any of the positive consequences of a Harris presidency, in the same way they didn't benefit from the economic recovery under Biden or really any of the prosperity of the last 30 years. They are mad about it, and rightfully so. They don't think Trump will make it better and they don't give a fuck. Trump is revenge on the winners. I can promise you everything you just said is bullshit. I am happy to take you for a tour of my neighborhood and show you the absolute obscene privilege that s been all in on MAGA.
  16. Overall I think this is correct. I have sensed a little uptick in the Harris campaign vibes and maybe pause in the Turnip campaign ones this week though. I'm guessing that is probably from analysis of where the votes are coming from so far but that's just a shot in the dark.
  17. So the Trump Train boat guy here is getting drug on Reddit right now. https://old.reddit.com/r/VirginiaBeach/comments/1ggfhu6/rump_train_boat_is_parked_outside_by_the_central/
  18. I'm not looking at shit till Wednesday morning
  19. So this is one thing I have meant to mention but keep forgetting. One of the things that has given me the most hope in Harris' campaign is she brought on Plouffe. He understands data better than anyone else at this level.
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