jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoDemocrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1743arrow-down121
arrow-up1722arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.www.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoThere’s another theory why this is: calling Trump an existential threat is just a dishonest way to try to make people care about voting. They want to win for reasons that have nothing to do with how much in danger democracy is.
minus-squareOccamsRazer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoIt’s almost as if they are leveraging and exaggerating fear for their own gain.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThis is how morons talked in 2016 , leading to the Trump presidency in the first place.
There’s another theory why this is: calling Trump an existential threat is just a dishonest way to try to make people care about voting. They want to win for reasons that have nothing to do with how much in danger democracy is.
It’s almost as if they are leveraging and exaggerating fear for their own gain.
This is how morons talked in 2016 , leading to the Trump presidency in the first place.