Probably not my place but I know several well educated people in tech & finance who voted Trump this time around. Claiming he's authoritarian would probably make then spit out their drinks. Happy to add perspective if needed
-
-
Same. Getting to know some Trump voters opened my eyes on several things, especially on the idea of decentralization.
1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 3 polubione -
W odpowiedzi do to @dvassallo@Mqsley i jeszcze
Daniel Vassallo podał/a dalej
And Trump supporters are heavily punished in tech, so most stay silent. People will try to cancel you and get you fired even if you just like a conservative tweet, let alone explain your perspective. Look at Jack Statamic. He lost a third of his followers in an instant ... https://twitter.com/jackmcdade/status/1324789462484865031 …
Daniel Vassallo dodał/a,
Ten tweet jest niedostępny.2 odpowiedzi 0 podanych dalej 3 polubione -
W odpowiedzi do to @dvassallo@Mqsley i jeszcze
... and got hundreds of viscous quote tweets and comments. So people stay silent publicly, and make themselves heard in the polling station — where it matters. Then we wonder why the polls where so wrong.
1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 1 polubiony -
I’m not saying that Trump is “exactly like Hitler.” But he is objectively bad, on multiple fronts: climate change, science denial, racism (“shit hole countries”), covid response, destroying democratic institutions, amplifying conspiracies, sowing division and mania.
1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 0 polubionych -
W odpowiedzi do to @mijustin@dvassallo i jeszcze
He is similar to Hitler, in that Hitler used the democratic process to gain power. Millions of people supported him. Similarly, millions of people are supporting a different kind of tyrant in Trump. I’m not discounting the value of these people; but millions can be deceived.
2 odpowiedzi 0 podanych dalej 0 polubionych -
W odpowiedzi do to @mijustin@dvassallo i jeszcze
Our role as a rational society is to call out bad actors, and the people who support them. Obviously, there has to be limits to this (we don’t want “witch hunt hysteria”), but when a truly bad actor shows up, we need to identify them as such (and call out their supporters).
1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 1 polubiony -
W odpowiedzi do to @mijustin@dvassallo i jeszcze
Btw - I’m making a big deal of this because I know (and love) people who supported Trump. Half my family in Ohio voted for him. But also, my Uncle (who supported Trump, and believed his early lies about the pandemic) recently died from COVID.
2 odpowiedzi 0 podanych dalej 0 polubionych -
Trump clearly mishandled the pandemic, and likely it was the main reason for his loss. Sorry to hear about your uncle. It's possible that 70M ppl were deceived to vote for a fascist, but they have the benefit of the doubt since it's their own skin in the game. ...
1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 0 polubionych -
W odpowiedzi do to @dvassallo@mijustin i jeszcze
We can call them out for being wrong about X, but they think they're not wrong about X — so they'll vote the same way next time. You and I might think climate change is the most urgent issue; they might think abortion at 26 wks is. Who's right?
3 odpowiedzi 0 podanych dalej 3 polubione
I’m not certain that Trump matches the classic definition of “fascist.” But the semantics don’t matter in the sense that he is objectively toxic and inept on multiple fronts. David Duke also had hundreds of thousands of voters who were also wrong. It’s ok to point that out.
Wydaje się, że ładowanie zajmuje dużo czasu.
Twitter jest przeciążony lub wystąpił chwilowy problem. Spróbuj ponownie lub sprawdź status Twittera, aby uzyskać więcej informacji.
building