Yes, I’m looking forward to hearing Baratunde’s entire piece too. It’s so very frustrating that many members of our dopamine-thirsty. short-term thinking, reality tv-conditioned electorate don’t want to bother with connecting the dots, hanging on to the harsh lessons learned for even a little while, four short years. It took several years for the DJT-powered racism, misogyny, general intolerance and real threats to settle in to our everydays, which they now have, palpably, but it sure seems like a lot of voters don’t want to bother taking a long view. Why oh why can’t we show some steady commitment to lifesaving, anti-white supremacy, democracy-strengthening values and that commitment be enough to power us past the real threats of authoritarianism, bigotry, chaos, stolen freedoms, hatred? Again and again, we get lulled into dumb money-focused short-term thinking at presidential election time. What to do? How to stop the willful dumbing down and me-focused want-want-wanting? How to elevate education and mutual care and help us get past mis- and disinformation, kneejerk decision-making, groupthink, intimidation, apathy?
Looking forward to hearing the rest! I agree this is a very real, and I think still under appreciated, risk for Democrats in November.
Yes, I’m looking forward to hearing Baratunde’s entire piece too. It’s so very frustrating that many members of our dopamine-thirsty. short-term thinking, reality tv-conditioned electorate don’t want to bother with connecting the dots, hanging on to the harsh lessons learned for even a little while, four short years. It took several years for the DJT-powered racism, misogyny, general intolerance and real threats to settle in to our everydays, which they now have, palpably, but it sure seems like a lot of voters don’t want to bother taking a long view. Why oh why can’t we show some steady commitment to lifesaving, anti-white supremacy, democracy-strengthening values and that commitment be enough to power us past the real threats of authoritarianism, bigotry, chaos, stolen freedoms, hatred? Again and again, we get lulled into dumb money-focused short-term thinking at presidential election time. What to do? How to stop the willful dumbing down and me-focused want-want-wanting? How to elevate education and mutual care and help us get past mis- and disinformation, kneejerk decision-making, groupthink, intimidation, apathy?