Plus: Why the Elon/Trump alliance is even more corrupt than you think; the New England college time warp; and remembering one of the great dotcom failures
Thanks -- it'd be cool if members of Congress would stop threatening to collapse the dollar and default on the debt every time we get close to the debt limit. Maybe try to work across the aisle for long-term financial viability. Just try!
I live in Pittsburgh which has somehow become ‘the’ place that both parties are trying to tip to their favor. It’s is total insanity here. Pittsburgh public Schools have a 1/2 day tomorrow because of the influx of people that will be in the city because BOTH Harris and Trump will be here having rallies. It is really weird when you keep being told that where u live could decide the election. And I get it, we are a microcosm of the country in a way, City is ‘blue’ but the suburbs are purple and the further out you go, the redder it gets (there are so, so many side of the road Trump stores just outside the city - we see them driving to our kid’s hs soccer games against teams in these areas). My neighborhood is blue as it can be and there are still Trumpers and lots of Dave McCormick signs (please give $ to Bob Casey). Everyone is on edge here. It doesn’t feel hopeful. I’m not anywhere as confident as you are Eric about the outcome of this election.
Re: “So at this point, it’s not really about whether Harris has done the right things to get elected, but it’s about whether enough American voters prefer Trump’s radical dark fantasies and the team of sociopaths he surrounds himself with. And also whether the election officials and courts will do their jobs with sanity and fairness.”
While this is true I would also note that for the vast majority of Trump voters, it’s inertia that’s the dominant factor. They have no idea about his radical dark fantasies and team of sociopaths, and they’ve taken their conditioning so well they can’t even see it by themselves. They refuse to believe it even when the evidence is right there.
Thanks for this. Great read. Commenting on a small item nestled within - the item about printing money - it was interesting to read this today, *right after* reading your epistle. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/united-states-borrowing-binge-about-burst
Thanks -- it'd be cool if members of Congress would stop threatening to collapse the dollar and default on the debt every time we get close to the debt limit. Maybe try to work across the aisle for long-term financial viability. Just try!
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I live in Pittsburgh which has somehow become ‘the’ place that both parties are trying to tip to their favor. It’s is total insanity here. Pittsburgh public Schools have a 1/2 day tomorrow because of the influx of people that will be in the city because BOTH Harris and Trump will be here having rallies. It is really weird when you keep being told that where u live could decide the election. And I get it, we are a microcosm of the country in a way, City is ‘blue’ but the suburbs are purple and the further out you go, the redder it gets (there are so, so many side of the road Trump stores just outside the city - we see them driving to our kid’s hs soccer games against teams in these areas). My neighborhood is blue as it can be and there are still Trumpers and lots of Dave McCormick signs (please give $ to Bob Casey). Everyone is on edge here. It doesn’t feel hopeful. I’m not anywhere as confident as you are Eric about the outcome of this election.
Re: “So at this point, it’s not really about whether Harris has done the right things to get elected, but it’s about whether enough American voters prefer Trump’s radical dark fantasies and the team of sociopaths he surrounds himself with. And also whether the election officials and courts will do their jobs with sanity and fairness.”
While this is true I would also note that for the vast majority of Trump voters, it’s inertia that’s the dominant factor. They have no idea about his radical dark fantasies and team of sociopaths, and they’ve taken their conditioning so well they can’t even see it by themselves. They refuse to believe it even when the evidence is right there.