I know that "five stages of grief" isn't the most scientific notion, but it seems that in 2016/17 there was a lot of anger, whereas this time round we see a lot more:
- bargaining (eg the tech bros doing business with him despite hating him)
- depression (various progressives just seem utterly beaten right now)
- acceptance (normie Democrat voters just getting on with their lives and trying not to think about politics)
My theory is that that institutional disgust for Donald Trump was always based on foreign policy and the feeling that he was not reliable on the subject. Therefore, the institutions of DC rallied behind Democrats in an unprecedented and partisan way in an effort to defeat him in politics. What changed was October 7, 2023 and the mass protests in favor of Palestine. Once those happened, the DC institutions realized that they could not trust the left either on the subject which caused them to evolve more towards a position of less hostility towards Trump.
The Trump era has been an odd mix of the very silly VRs the very serious, on both sides. How this plays out will be interesting. I’m optimistic, at least in the short term.
I know that "five stages of grief" isn't the most scientific notion, but it seems that in 2016/17 there was a lot of anger, whereas this time round we see a lot more:
- bargaining (eg the tech bros doing business with him despite hating him)
- depression (various progressives just seem utterly beaten right now)
- acceptance (normie Democrat voters just getting on with their lives and trying not to think about politics)
My theory is that that institutional disgust for Donald Trump was always based on foreign policy and the feeling that he was not reliable on the subject. Therefore, the institutions of DC rallied behind Democrats in an unprecedented and partisan way in an effort to defeat him in politics. What changed was October 7, 2023 and the mass protests in favor of Palestine. Once those happened, the DC institutions realized that they could not trust the left either on the subject which caused them to evolve more towards a position of less hostility towards Trump.
The Trump era has been an odd mix of the very silly VRs the very serious, on both sides. How this plays out will be interesting. I’m optimistic, at least in the short term.