Hey Josh, I’m sure there’s some irony in an American asking an Aussie a question about the US election, but I’m curious, between Trump supports and Kamala supporters, who do you think fundamentally misunderstands their opponents the most? And will this cost one side the election? Who knows, maybe we will see.
I think Kamala supporters misunderstand their opponents more due to fact that the progression from left to right is far more common, than the other way. Many Trump supporters probably started off on the left/progressive.
Tangentially related to the US- we’ve seen a lot of the encumbrance governments lose to hard right parties lately. Do you worry the same is going to happen here in Australia and what can we do to stop it.
It's different than factory farming, but it's still an animal-related problem caused by humans, and letting them ruin the Outback versus turning them into meat is a pretty dire set of options.
What is the current thinking in Australia about the potential of the People's Republic of China invading Taiwan? Is there any commitment to aiding the Taiwanese in the Australian government should they need the help?
My question is, what went wrong? How’d Trump win? Should the dems have run a primary after Biden dropped out? Is the economic situation too dire its just one of those situations where the current government just gets voted out?
You said in the past that the Dems should have run Mitt Romney as a candidate to try flip republican voters who didn't want to vote for Trump. It seems like they took some of that advice leaning heavily on the endorsements of people like Liz Cheney and pushing policies about strong borders, lethal military, pro-Netanyahu.. basically trying to appeal to right wing voters. Do you still think this was the right strategy? Do you think they would have been better off trying actual left-wing policies and galvanising young and progressive people who see the dems as Republicans lite?
Assuming Trump holds on and wins, I’d love to hear everybody’s ideas on where the Democratic Party goes? Josh Shapiro and Gavin Newsome are both taking notes tonight; what does the 2028 Dem Platform look like?
Your recent discussion with Chas Licciardello seem to address some pretty wild assumptions about where the election would fall out as far as demographics goes. For example, male versus female, versus younger people, versus older people.
I’m very curious about, and haven’t heard anybody address, because I think it’s an uncomfortable conversation. It seems like the division is between intelligence and non-intelligence. And specifically, related, is the philosophical ideas of a philosopher named Aldous Huxley. Especially in America, and it’s diatribe is evolving the rest of the world, is the addiction to media. For 20 to 30 years now, marketing has given us untruth after untruth. This or that product will solve all of our skin problems. If we have this brand new car, everything will be great.
I would love to know, a demographic between those who spend, say an hour or more on media or social media, and who they voted for. My gut tells me that we would see a clear division between those who spend a lot of time on non-streaming platforms, like cable TV, the ones you can’t turn off the ads versus those that spend time on media, and don’t get pushed all the ads. Again, my gut tells me that those who have consumed themselves with ads for the last couple of decades, have no “intelligence “when it comes to validating truth. To me, going back to the Huxley discussion of amusing ourselves to death, this is the political root of division that’s happening in America, and it’s spreading throughout the world. After all, the root of the republican candidate is a person who created the Apprentice and looks at all live as a television ad.
Hey Josh, I’m sure there’s some irony in an American asking an Aussie a question about the US election, but I’m curious, between Trump supports and Kamala supporters, who do you think fundamentally misunderstands their opponents the most? And will this cost one side the election? Who knows, maybe we will see.
I think Kamala supporters misunderstand their opponents more due to fact that the progression from left to right is far more common, than the other way. Many Trump supporters probably started off on the left/progressive.
What does Australia need to learn to stop going in the same voting direction as America?
Tangentially related to the US- we’ve seen a lot of the encumbrance governments lose to hard right parties lately. Do you worry the same is going to happen here in Australia and what can we do to stop it.
What is your preferred solution to the brumbies?
It's different than factory farming, but it's still an animal-related problem caused by humans, and letting them ruin the Outback versus turning them into meat is a pretty dire set of options.
What is the current thinking in Australia about the potential of the People's Republic of China invading Taiwan? Is there any commitment to aiding the Taiwanese in the Australian government should they need the help?
What does the future look like for pollsters seeing as elections seem to be getting harder and harder to predict?
My question is, what went wrong? How’d Trump win? Should the dems have run a primary after Biden dropped out? Is the economic situation too dire its just one of those situations where the current government just gets voted out?
You said in the past that the Dems should have run Mitt Romney as a candidate to try flip republican voters who didn't want to vote for Trump. It seems like they took some of that advice leaning heavily on the endorsements of people like Liz Cheney and pushing policies about strong borders, lethal military, pro-Netanyahu.. basically trying to appeal to right wing voters. Do you still think this was the right strategy? Do you think they would have been better off trying actual left-wing policies and galvanising young and progressive people who see the dems as Republicans lite?
Great question!
Assuming Trump holds on and wins, I’d love to hear everybody’s ideas on where the Democratic Party goes? Josh Shapiro and Gavin Newsome are both taking notes tonight; what does the 2028 Dem Platform look like?
Why are you not in the Free Press UV-lit patriot dungeon?
Curious what your thoughts on Bernie was? Think he aligns with you in many ways except probably more of a communist
Your recent discussion with Chas Licciardello seem to address some pretty wild assumptions about where the election would fall out as far as demographics goes. For example, male versus female, versus younger people, versus older people.
I’m very curious about, and haven’t heard anybody address, because I think it’s an uncomfortable conversation. It seems like the division is between intelligence and non-intelligence. And specifically, related, is the philosophical ideas of a philosopher named Aldous Huxley. Especially in America, and it’s diatribe is evolving the rest of the world, is the addiction to media. For 20 to 30 years now, marketing has given us untruth after untruth. This or that product will solve all of our skin problems. If we have this brand new car, everything will be great.
I would love to know, a demographic between those who spend, say an hour or more on media or social media, and who they voted for. My gut tells me that we would see a clear division between those who spend a lot of time on non-streaming platforms, like cable TV, the ones you can’t turn off the ads versus those that spend time on media, and don’t get pushed all the ads. Again, my gut tells me that those who have consumed themselves with ads for the last couple of decades, have no “intelligence “when it comes to validating truth. To me, going back to the Huxley discussion of amusing ourselves to death, this is the political root of division that’s happening in America, and it’s spreading throughout the world. After all, the root of the republican candidate is a person who created the Apprentice and looks at all live as a television ad.