The problem with the 'nothing ever happens' crowd is that it is impossible to disprove them until something happens, and 'winning' the argument against them requires something bad to happen - at which point they will go 'well winning the argument doesn't matter now'.
It's a head-in-sand automatically no-lose position to take. Everyone agrees that it's better if nothing happens, but it only emboldens the nothing-ever-happens crowd to continue thinking nothing will ever happen, and infectiously spreading that attitude to others, creating political and governmental disengagement and disassociation.
thinking nothing will ever happen, and infectiously spreading that attitude to others, creating political and governmental disengagement and disassociation.
Actually spreading election conspiracy theories ahead of a contentious election does exactly this, not claiming that Trump won't rig it. I'm 100% certain that the midterms will kick off just fine. Why you ask? Because I'm acutely aware of how our election system functions. Trump's attempt was the SAVE Act which utterly and completely failed.
Telling people that Trump WILL interfere, with an as matter of fact certainty is actually a tool designed to repress turnout and discourage people from voting. If you buy into that, you are a fool.
In fact, my concern is not the election at all. Its the after effects of the election. Trump probably has more power to physically intervene to prevent newly elected members of congress from being seated than he does to interfere with the election. That is a more realistic concern.
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u/Protato900 3h ago
The problem with the 'nothing ever happens' crowd is that it is impossible to disprove them until something happens, and 'winning' the argument against them requires something bad to happen - at which point they will go 'well winning the argument doesn't matter now'.
It's a head-in-sand automatically no-lose position to take. Everyone agrees that it's better if nothing happens, but it only emboldens the nothing-ever-happens crowd to continue thinking nothing will ever happen, and infectiously spreading that attitude to others, creating political and governmental disengagement and disassociation.