The very fact that Trump isn’t at 10% in the polls means maybe we need articles like this.
But on the other hand: if you were somehow better off in March 2020, does that make voting in fascism any more sane? Is there anyone who was doing well enough in March 2020 that they are ethically absolved from destroying the country in 2024? Even writing this as a thought exercise suggests it’s worth asking, but it just isn’t.
Maybe, just maybe, the media needs do stop with this horse-race business-as-usual reporting. His entire game is borrowing legitimacy. As “successful businessman,” “celebrity,” “presidential candidate,” “president,” he’s just gutting any meaning from each title and wearing its decaying death mask to keep up the con, the legitimacy ponzi scheme. Stop playing that game.