The “it won’t happen to me” election

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

This just feels like it was a “it won’t happen to me” election. Leopards eating faces, yada yada, but it seems to me that vast numbers of people did not (do not) see increased chance of personal harm to themselves or anybody near them in their futures as a result of this election. And that’s what they based their votes on.

Increased harm to somebody else? Not on the radar. Calls from various religions (including atheism as a religion here) to act to reduce harm to the the Other? Not on the radar.

4 thoughts on “The “it won’t happen to me” election

    1. John Lusk's avatarJohn Lusk Post author

      Re the fossil fuel industry jobs: those jobs are going away no matter what. Hillary was right: the key is training for new jobs, not hanging on to old ones. Capitalism, that thing Republicans claim to like so much, is all about disruption. Innovation means disruption. We’re gonna move your cheese.

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      Re the fossil fuel industry jobs: those jobs are going away no matter what. Hillary was right: the key is training for new jobs, not hanging on to old ones. Capitalism, that thing Republicans claim to like so much, is all about disruption. Innovation means disruption.

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  1. Unknown's avatarHere, Read This

    Republicans have screaming “Jobs!” since forever; it’s pretty much the standard refrain. It’s also hogwash.

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