05-22-2019, 03:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-22-2019, 03:45 PM by Eric the Green.)
(05-22-2019, 03:07 PM)David Horn Wrote:(05-22-2019, 08:05 AM)Kinser79 Wrote:(05-16-2019, 02:51 PM)David Horn Wrote:(05-16-2019, 03:14 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: … I also watch the meme magic flow on the internets. To understand why Daddy is president one has to understand the flow of meme magic. Without that: one is a blind man, in a dark room, looking for a black cat that isn't there and proclaiming that they found it.
Meme magic is an oxymoron. Memes only have power over those fully invested in them, which makes the 'magic' part a non sequitur. FWIW, a very large part of Trump's nominal base is already bailing on him as a candidate for 2020, because he finally added one too many insults to the pile of inflicted injuries. They've had enough.
Memetics works the same way as a force of nature works. I don't have to believe in rain for it to rain. The 'magic' part is merely a shorthand for the natural flow of information in the form of memes. Which is the way information is transfered from person to person naturally.
As for Trump losing his base, I'm interested in hearing where you found that particular bit of fake news.
Aggrigate totals are still in the mid-40s which shows his hard support hasn't lessened. The Democrats have to errode his soft support which means they have to run Biden and Daddy can easily beat Creepy Uncle Joe.
I doubt we'll see a second round of DJT, unless the Dems do something incredibly stupid. The Senate and House are both open questions.
Interesting fact: a professor who has an economic model for predicting elections accurately has Trump winning at 56+%. We'll see how that plays.
This current Obama-Trump economy is why I gave Lichtman Key (was it #6) to Trump in the 2020 election thread.
Naturally, as you know, I maintain that it would be incredibly stupid for the Democrats to nominate anyone other than Sanders or Biden. And they are both crap shoots too.