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flo chapgier's avatar

Wonderful article, Dan and Elliott.

" But if voters are so despondent that they feel their activism is a lost cause, it will almost assuredly become a self-fulfilling prophecy. " Exactly. Always be determined to meet a challenge whatever it is. It never comes by chance. My dad used to say that pessimism was useless, lol, how right he was. Service to others is what we love doing, let's do it.

Much love to everybody here .

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Bronwyn Fryer's avatar

The "bandwagon effect" in politics happens in the absence of hope, when people come to believe that their side is losing and they need to get on the bandwagon of the winning side, or go silent. It's like lemmings going mindlessly over a cliff. Our lamestream media (looking at you, NYT, WaPo, and Steve Kornaki) would have us believe that the Trumpists are going to win Congress. But Michael Moore -- a current beacon of hope -- is betting that women and young people will defy the polling. Let's hope!

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