“The fact that his sheer incompetence, dangerous narcissism, racist dog whistles and denial of the threat of COVID-19 wasn’t enough to turn off every voter in America is baffling.”
I recently ran across Theo Wilson on the Colorado Sun. Maybe I can help with the confusion there. I believe this perception arises because people are simply not paying attention. Trying to stay healthy in a pandemic with the kids out of school and unemployment benefits expiring tends to be a bit of a distraction.
Ten months ago everything was fine. The economy was booming, election coming up, people and news networks in a tizzy about the next/last thing the Fuckwit posted on Twitter. I imagine that covers maybe 3% of eligible voters. The rest were just busy trying to survive. Those with any political leanings whatsoever were likely waiting to find out what to think from their Facebook feed or meme-sharing brother-in-law.
Politicians recognize the lack of rational thinking embedded in the U.S. electorate. But they have never understood the potentialities it engenders. Now we get to find out where blindly following the political force leads us. It’s starting to look pretty dark down there.
“Let’s call it what it is: Racism is mass mental illness.” You got that right, Theo.