Cheers ya'll
The other thing that springs to mind that defines, or defined, American culture is 'The American Dream'.
2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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I do my fair share to convince people in real life to vote for Biden but I don't think this forum or anything is meaningless. The fact is many people believe Trump and Biden are one of the same. As bad as each other and I feel the media has a big role to play in that.
I do not have a TV and do not get newspapers, and I don't have a subscription to any US news sites.
For what it is worth, it has been that way since the beginning when we had Hamilton’s city merchant Federalists vs. Jefferson’s rural gentry Anti-Federalists.
The main medium nowadays is the internet. Yourr lretty standard there
This election is going to be a mess, neither side is going to accept the result
That’s true enough.
And then you get areas like where I live. We’re 50 miles from downtown LA and 70 miles from downtown SD and this area is a mix of republican, as Orange County had been for years, and newer Dems.
On the neighbourhood website you can feel the disdain one group has for the other.
Both groups would be reasonably well educated too and reasonably well off so it’s crazy to think of educated, well off but not super rich folk voting for Trump.
In my cul de sac now we have one trump flag and 3 Biden flags. The other 7 houses, incl mine, have none.
In the meantime, we see posts all the time about trivial stupidities that Trump does. I mean, if you're going to go down this road, let's focus on the real issues and not on Trump being a general idiot and dipshit either. (I would be all in favour of that - although a lot of trivial Trump crap is pretty funny.)
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Does anyone have any links to polling conducted anonymously?
I actually agree and find it infuriating how equal time is spent on Trump's stupidity vs his utter criminality, for example
Lindsay has a secret dark fantasy of chasing someone into a pawn shop and winding up gagged in a sadist's basement.Owned.
Why is he doing his speech in his basement?
2020 has been a Tarantino film so Lindsey and Trump going down would be a suitable ending.
I am, sort of.
Who the feck cares about Scientific American. Their endorsement means dick. Ain’t no president in the US gonna do anything effective against climate change.
That endorsement probably is a problem in the first place. Limp dick science majors I tell you
Someone with ethic heritage from east, southeast, and South Asia according to the census bureau.
US citizen of Asian origin, I guess?
stop spying on me
Thanks, I'll try to read about it. The divide in itself pretty much is pretty much a fact of life, that groups with different lifestyles will have different out looks on life. I just feel that in America it runs deeper, and there's a mutual disdain, whereas elsewhere it feels more like a resentment from the rural communities that feel underprivileged or marginalized. Not sure I've been able to explain it well.
This is what stands out as a bit odd. Same communities living in similar conditions, but being so entrenched in their views and allowing their differences to define them.
I recently heard someone say that "Tyranny is the absence of nuance" and I see it in politics generally, but more obvious in American politics. Maybe it's due the two party system painting everything in black and white, with or against. People either see Trump as the devil or the messiah, and it's close enough that despite all he's done there's a genuine possibility he could get reelected, and however the election goes the results likely to be contested.
Even among democrats there's acentrist progressive fracture, where centrists feel that progressives have an obligation to vote for a nominee even if said nominee is the antithesis to their values, or progressives that won't get behind a candidate they feel does not represent their values, even if it's to avert a greater evil.
Good stuff Marcellus.
The exact same mentality exists everywhere, check the Keir Starmer thread for more details..
So we have both Indian Americans and American Indians
#Way2GoColumbusSo we have both Indian Americans and American Indians
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What do you think about this @Raoul? To me it seems like the most important thing for Biden is to defend Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - all states where he has a decent lead, bar maybe PA. I’ve also been a bit pessimistic in ceding Nevada and Arizona to Trump.
I’ve not even considered Florida as an option. I feel a bit better now.
What do you think about this @Raoul? To me it seems like the most important thing for Biden is to defend Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - all states where he has a decent lead, bar maybe PA. I’ve also been a bit pessimistic in ceding Nevada and Arizona to Trump.
I’ve not even considered Florida as an option. I feel a bit better now.
As someone with American Indian ancestry I've always preferred the East Indian, Indian and West Indian terms. Makes everything nice and simple.So we have both Indian Americans and American Indians
To me that looks like a good guess of Biden's tightest possible realistic win. Agree that from there losing any of the midwest states (guess PA isn't technically midwest, but whatever) you mentioned is game over. Would also say that if he actually ends up underperforming polls in any of those states, he probably underperforms in all 4 of them.
Nevada maybe he can take even if he doesn't do that well in the midwest, but not enough to offset losing any of the 4. If he were to take both NV and AZ then he can afford to lose any of those 4, but only one.
The way it will play out on election night I think will be the usual early focus on FL which if Biden wins is probably a knockout because of both the electoral votes but also what it likely means for his performance in other states. Then NC and a bit of VA to a lesser extent, but really focused on PA. If he's winning PA by a good margin it bodes well for WI, MI and MN. If he's winning PA tightly then have to watch all those 3 states. If he's losing PA and FL then likely game over.
Quick edit: wildest timeline and emotional rollercoaster would be him losing all the stuff we're talking about earlier in the evening and being saved by a blue Texas... that would be a crazy night.
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Agree with that.
As for Texas, that scenario would be insane
Trump is only up by 1.3 avg so Texas IS in play! Even if it won’t happen. Definitely. Probably.Many, thankfully.
Cheap jingoism over a stock photo. Amazing resistance.
the only people who care were already voting for biden. 0 people changed their mind.
That’s the ‘many.’ Wasn’t posting it to sway minds, was posting it for the irony.
The gas block is just about right for an AK...but the outfit looks more like it's an Afghan militia or something. Jets could be F-18s but I'm no expert there.
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F-18s’ fins are more angled & the plane is more pointed, less triangular towards its nose. They are close, though, engineered & first built at exactly the same time.
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