jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoDemocrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1728arrow-down121
arrow-up1707arrow-down1external-linkDemocrats say Trump is an existential threat. They’re not acting like it.www.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square132fedilink
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·4 months 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-down2·4 months agoIt’s almost as if they are leveraging and exaggerating fear for their own gain.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months 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.