(December 30, 2024 at 2:41 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(December 28, 2024 at 10:42 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Musk is a lot of things, but "stupid" isn't one of them. We underestimated Trump in 2016 and look where we are now. If you wish to make the same mistake with Musk, go ahead. I'm a "once bitten, twice shy" kinda dude.
I don't think it was Trump we underestimated, I think it was the American public we overestimated.
A fair point if I understand your gist. When I wrote "we" in the above-quoted post I meant that I and many others simply didn't think he could corral the electoral college or sway enough voters to do so. But yes, too many of us trusted the American electorate to actually think.
They didn't then and they haven't, in my opinion, now. I pull my hair out wondering when people will think for themselves rather than biting at sound-baits.
