Election Autopsy

[@DarkMatter2525]

Yes, I know Bush came before Obama. Listen to what I said in the video. "A decade before Obama". Who was president a decade before Obama? Clinton-era policies affected the GFC. Clinton deregulated. Bush failed to correct the issue during his tenure, but Clinton put pen to paper. The whole point is that a president can do things that have effects many years later and that not everything is the fault of the current president.

[@Cornpop1234]

Trump added to the national debt, but he added military assets, which are worth money.

[@ClannCholmain]

A flawless analysis. Greetings from west coast of Emerald Isle 🇮🇪🇺🇸🥃🥃👍👏

[@Tom-and-Jerry-again]

@@Cornpop1234 W0rld enforcement teams are expensive.

[@AILIT1]

@Darkmatter2525 excellent video as usual. I know a majority of the viewers here are on the left and sometimes it's uncomfortable to hear your side take any blame. But you did what you always do by giving us a fair and consistent breakdown of the subject matter. Thank you for all the content you've put out over the 10 plus years I've been following your channel.

[@sticks7857]

@@AILIT1 A fair and consistent breakdown of political narratives in his last video would have lead to it being obvious which way the publics opinion would lean this time around. Instead it amounted to nothing more than propaganda for his party, while this one amounts to nothing more than damage control for his party. There is nothing fair or consistent about his political views.

[@Mr.Morden]

Let's not forget the effective corporate tax rate, the actual percentage of profit paid in taxes by corporations. Under George W Bush it went from 30% to 14%, then Obama up to 18%, then Trump down to 12%, then Biden up to 15%. From 1950 to 1960 it was between 40% to 50%. Even under Reagan, the father of trickle down economics, it was between 21% and 36%.

[@grmpEqweer]

_{oligarchy intensifies}_

[@mkeyx82]

Do these numbers include all the tax cuts?

[@JohnTaylor-fh4et]

We need to bring back the tax rates Eisenhower had, 90%. It's a class war, it's always been one. The rest is just window dressing.

[@covingtonrealnewsnetwork5662]

​@@grmpEqweer 👻 boo

[@Mix1mum]

Reagan wanted to get rid of it completely but was stopped. Don't cast him as a moderate. That being said, let me cast him as one, lol. On the one issue he was. He was the last president to give amnesty to people and naturalize those here working and law-abiding. Neither Bush, nor Clinton or Obama, Trump or Biden, have done it since, this gifting immigration as the perpetual cause to rally the right behind...real....really smart there liberals. But then, liberals ARE right wing, and a conservative party, they just won't admit it to themselves. They're liberal with the market (ie less regulation, lassiaz faire) and socially conciliatory, meaning they'll accept social change (to stay in power) but only after protests and violence or a threat to the hegemony arises. Which we've seen play out over every issue since 1981. That isn't noble in my opinion. That's sleeze and corruption, with toxic relationship levels of gaslighting, manipulation, and the rest of the plethora abuses all synergized as a political party. Hand in hand with their financiers, the corporations. The American liberal is merely fascism-lite; fascism being the marriage of gov and corp at its heart.

[@donharris8846]

People don’t get the role of retailers in inflation. I was a corporate merchandising manager for a major grocery chain and I can tell you that I adjusted prices based on my competition and how much I could get from customers, not what the President says or does. Yes I understand commodities pricing, but honestly, we took full advantage of consumer ignorance. If you thought the price of flour was increasing AND my competitors are raising prices (more profit), then I did too. Didn’t give a damn what the government said. Companies have profit goals, period.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

This is why capitalism and the theories of competition and "free" market are wasteful and inefficient.

[@8is]

And that's a good thing!

[@PwntifexMaximus]

Inflation doesn't stem from pricing. That is just the symptom Inflation stems from currency-creration. INFLATING the pool of currency. There are only two institutions that can do this, government and banking. But I repeat myself.

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

@@Albtraum_TDDC You can always move to a country without a free market, but you people never live by what you preach.

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

@@PwntifexMaximusAnd there’s only one way to defend against inflation. (Private) ownership of assets, which liberals hate.

[@Mylifestoriesmaybe]

I know not what to do anymore. I'm sitting in a wagon filled with crazy people and I'm not guiding the horse

[@supernova743]

Make the best decisions you can for yourself.

[@almy-qy1lf]

Might as well try to enjoy the ride, then

[@Janiec52]

@@Mylifestoriesmaybe atleat the crazies are no longer in power.

[@roycampbell586]

​@@Janiec52wrong.

[@Janiec52]

@@roycampbell586 no really, the left was defeated in every way.

[@vampirelogan]

Democracy doesn't work unless most of your population is educated in how things work. So I am less and less confident in democracy as I age. How can this be fixed when so many people are uninterested in learning? Now they are actively interested in ignoring facts or seeking bias confirmation of outright and obvious lies!

[@georgH]

Problem is, without democracy, there's much less freedom of press and speech, much more censorship and control and human rights violations and hatred of minorites.

[@macrossluv]

Lucky for us the United Stated is a Constitutional Republic not a Democracy but I digress.

[@26th_Primarch]

Well, first America is a constitutional republic, not a democracy. Second, education doesn't mean anything if you're taught the wrong things, and common sense beats "higher education" every time.

[@macrossluv]

@ This is what I keep telling all these miseducated people who keep saying we’re a democracy.

[@roycampbell586]

​@@26th_Primarch1) We are a democratic republic. We vote (democracy) for representatives (republic) 2) Common sense does not "beat" higher education. "Common sense" wanted to burn and excommunicate the guy who discovered heliocentrism. "Common sense" rejected germ theory. "Common sense" still to this day thinks the earth is flat, evolution is a hoax, and climate change isn't effected by mankind. Meanwhile it was college educated people who invented the phone/computer you're using right now and invented the internet protocol you use to watch these videos. The internet only exists because of the US Govt. and their college educated engineers.

[@jeffwatson7345]

“If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?” Sam Harris

[@DarkMatter2525]

It's a good question and I think the answer requires behaving in ways that evidence-based and logical people wouldn't behave. This includes arguing with emotions, anecdotes, and caring about meaningless aesthetics. Unfortunately, people are compelled by such things.

[@Mikewee777]

​@@DarkMatter2525I have been talking to religious mom about the hazards of euphoria. Everybody dreams of the fun parts of success but they do not dwell on the painful nightmare that comes with the costs of achieving that success . Schools do not teach the critical part of critical thinking anymore . Too many students are fooled into taking loans into a hazardous high-risk college path that has no guaranteed pay-outs .

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

You can't reason someone out of a position, that he didn't reason himself into in the first place.

[@PwntifexMaximus]

@@DarkMatter2525 The answer is simple. Carve your truth into them, wielding a blade of reality and force strong enough to cow a God. But, in your moral impotence, you have crippled yourself and is shocked and dismayed when faced with the fundamental reallity of every government in human history. All political authority is based on force. Not evidence. Not truth. Not facts. Not even ideology, as no ideology can or has ever gained power without it.

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

@@DarkMatter2525you can use emotion to justify logical and evidenced based thinking.

[@mchevre]

I really admire and appreciate you. I just want you to know that. You've entertained us over the years with your hilarious (and very informative) animations, but you're also one of the most upstanding, honorable content creators on KZbin, I believe. You are a man of integrity. Thanks.

[@thecoolerx]

"we would not have to do any thing to destroy América, they Will do that to themselves" Nikita Jrushchov His predictions are becoming true... Sadly.

[@shadowbonbon3]

I like how both Cold War countries biggest adversaries wasn’t each other but themselves, now I wonder, is this the first wave of it or will we collapse entirely as long as trump is here

[@sprPee]

You think that’s with Trump and not the open borders and other crazy democrats policies like defunding the police etc??

[@shadowbonbon3]

@@sprPee how is open borders destroying the country?

[@RomeoTangoLima80]

@@sprPee do you know what would happen if he gets rid of all the undocumented immigrants?

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@sprPee So, if the borders are open, why do first responders find bodies of would-be immigrants every day? Reported early this year in a TX news journal, they're fishing drowned women and children out daily.

[@KuroLurker]

You don't need people to like you to win. You just need to have them hate the other option more

[@metamorpheus9573]

Too many people have a mental defect where they think candidates need to be a politically correct blank slate to be electable as opposed to policies and results.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

A two party tyranny.

[@demomanchaos]

That was the team blue strategy, as they had the single most unlikeable person to ever be put forward who literally no one has ever given a single reason why she was picked over other options. The entire campaign was literally just "orange man bad"

[@aJoats]

​@demomanchaos That was 2016. The insanity is that they decided to basically do it again.

[@demomanchaos]

@@aJoats The reason Small Hands drove the garbage truck was because team blue called him and his supporters garbage. I can't imagine why they thought calling the people they are supposed to convince to vote for them garbage would win them over. I do find it hilarious though how no one who supported team blue is capable of saying it was their fault they lost. They are such egotists they can only blame everyone else for their failings (They keep saying harris ran a "flawless campaign" which can only be true if the goal was to get Small Hands back in office). It is "America's fault" because "they weren't ready for a 'black' female president" (Who was billed as Indian in 2020 remember).

[@jingles123456789ify]

To be fair, there were people at Jonestown who did not want to drink the flavor aid. They were forced to

[@theonetruetim]

uh.... says the identity politicking whiny babies who look for villains in the tree line to say 'The Fascists -while not knowing or even really caring what that word actually means - are coming!" if you dont fight too we will all be handmaidens? But - You mean the other guys? Not the you guys? when you make that comparison? ok.... With us or against us IS the definition, btw. Relax. Step away from the internet or do better. Of course Kamala lost. duh. She should have - thanks to more - not by much - informed citizens who arent playing your stupid false binary ridden game.

[@RubenO.-tz5vv]

To be fair.... they had many chances to leave until it became impossible

[@bactrosaurus]

​@@RubenO.-tz5vvyou don't just... leave a cult. Its not that easy

[@OWnIshiiTrolling]

​@@RubenO.-tz5vv They probably didn't quite expect the mandatory flavor ingestion, so the danger was not perceived to be so imminent.

[@RubenO.-tz5vv]

@@OWnIshiiTrolling Well, that's why you should start questioning and getting some distance when you notice the pot is getting a little too warm. People will wait until the hate is turned onto them in order to act. By that point it is usually too late.

[@RealPumpkinJay]

In 2016 I was enraged. This year I’m just numb…

[@Antowan]

In 2016 i was confused. This year im furious!!!!

[@Cornpop1234]

Your view is one sided how about you get out of you echo chamber

[@Antowan]

@Cornpop1234 likewise pal. You don't know shit about me or the work i do so before you believe you can pin me from one comment empathizing with a fellow viewer consider taking your own advice.

[@Cornpop1234]

@@Antowan what I mostly see in this comment section is hateful democrats in an echo chamber who will not mention the opposing side and the hypocrisy of the left. They act like Trump is literally a fascist dictator, which is ironic because people on the left have openly said they want to censor social media opposing free speech, which is a fascist idea.

[@LalaDepala_00]

​@@Cornpop1234Why don't you google "a list of Trump's crimes" and then come back to us.

[@LDT2001]

The liberal tears thing has been a meme since at least 2016. These people are actually dinosaurs.

[@brandonmaster7901]

So has the "Trumps a nazi dictator" meme. You people have been crying wolf for nearly a decade, its not working anymore.

[@Salamander_falls]

I wish!! That would at least be cooler. Fighting our attempted saurapod overlords like friggin’ Turok. Nope… we get sweaty white people who think “the bible says Jesus wants you to buy stock in SpaceX” is solid financial advice.

[@Unknown-r2p2o]

Liberal need to stop whining so much because it’s reason why trump won! I don’t want a repeat of this winner for right wing . Man up libs

[@lorddevilfish5868]

And a third don’t even believe in them

[@JoaoCosta-ly1sw]

The left cannibalized itself and now you’re all baffled that he won. This is what you get when you radicalize. You should’ve stayed at equal opportunity. The moment you started yapping about equal outcomes, you fell on the wrong side of history.

[@lucbourhis3142]

You are the only video I have watched so far about the election since it was called! Not disappointed. You always find ways to talk sense. In a masterful way. Thanks for what you have been doing all these years. Especially now.

[@YAKUILLASIN]

This It's like when something good happens. You attribute it to God, but when something bad happens, you don't blame yourself.

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

No when good happens it’s Trump, when bad happens it’s kamala.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Yep, precisely. When someone's brain is conditioned to "work" that way in one regard, it'll apply the same method whenever it can. Which is why I put some 80-90% of the blame for this whole mess on religious indoctrination.

[@leetlc441]

@@Wolf-ln1ml you are accusing 80- 90% of 5 million voters of being indoctrinated... That right there is the problem. A failure to communicate. The left focused on issues the right didn't care about, plain and simple. This is entirely the lefts fault for not communicating properly to non- liberals. Most people I know, including me, wanted trump over Harris despite not liking trump at all. The lesser of two evils. Why? Because I'm sick of identity politics and abortion rhetoric. There are other, more important concerns than bullying people into using pronouns you want, racism and sexism under the guise of equity, and ending a fetus because you can't use birth control, condoms, or be celibate. If the left focused on talking about the economy, border, and citizen relief, we wouldn't be here. Instead we got screamed at over pronouns and "women's rights"

[@taski1]

humans are funny like that

[@funki4896]

A truely moral person does not need a god to judge you - a conscience - or as you said "look at yourself in the mirror" - is enough.

[@hebanker3372]

Ammorality is the natural conclusion to godless morality.

[@maliniatb]

@@hebanker3372 people who only follow morale rules because they are scared to end up in hell really worry me... why isnt it enought to simply want the best for others? to not want to hurt others at least? We all have been given the gift of empathy by nature, or maybe even by God if you want. Its true that some people loose that power of empathy during childhood or maybe also as adults.. but this is usually the result of neglect or ill-treatment.

[@hebanker3372]

@@maliniatb Because that's not how the human animal works, mate.

[@patrickpettyjr.3134]

Says who?

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

The World is a giant mirror to me (metaphorically). Well said.

[@CyclicCipher]

The logic doesn't matter. Normies are not convinced by logic, only by feelings and vibes. Propaganda is what matters.

[@26th_Primarch]

Propaganda the leftists swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

[@FunnyLittleFella]

David Hume was right

[@cedricburkhart3738]

Are you still against encouraging positive eugenic fertility?

[@dyerseve3001]

This is sadly true but our side has no media capture capabilities, so we can only play in their narratives and when we do, we lose. Why choose RC Cola when you can just have Coke? But if we lean into pushing insane rhetoric, we drive logical types away. I think our only chance is to wait for Trump to economically destroy his base and it flips back again. We're perpetually voting for the lesser evil. Remember the economy wasn't doing so great when Trump lost in 2020 either, his approval numbers were just below 40 as Biden's have been as well. We're all just Sisyphus.

[@cheddarbiscuits6220]

i just don't think that the reason why there is still a large amount of inflation was expressed well enough by legacy media and the dnc candidates.

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

*[obligatory George Carlin quote]*

[@Antowan]

Gotta be asleep to believe in it.

[@DarkMatter2525]

😂

[@blindwhy]

“This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago. The shit they shuffle around every four years doesn’t mean a fuckin’ thing.” - George Carlin None of your vote matters.

[@loulahassan4191]

It's a big club, you ain't in it

[@AbominAsian]

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

[@JohnCamacho]

I have a prediction that the Trump/Musk and Trump/RFK "partnerships" are not going to last long

[@grmpEqweer]

RFK, probably. Musk has money, and Trump always wants more money.

[@supernova743]

I doubt musk will have much do do with trump. Musk doesn't like not being the top dog. He'll find a new trinket to play with pretty soon. Tesla is suffering and will likely experience great hardship soon, twitter will keep plugging along but is a competitor to truth social so theres some conflict. Coming out and supporting trump was a brilliant marketing move. Eve if trumps base isnt teslas typical customer.

[@VisiblyPinkUnicorn]

Trump/Musk is going to last, their cults have overlappings.

[@Janiec52]

@@grmpEqweer then why did he run for president instead of making more money?

[@cielingtiddy536]

@@Janiec52power, he was and still is under criminal investigation. If he does what he promised he’ll do, he’ll give himself immunity as president protecting him from prosecution

[@dougjohnson4266]

I would say let Trump wreck everything, but he will never take responsibility. Trump will just blame Biden. I wonder if the GOP will have any buyers remorse in 2+ years?

[@cali115]

Some will have Buyers Remorse, but not many.

[@FunnyLittleFella]

Name any time they've regretted anything. The closest thing I can think of is the ACA and they with that they just collectively deluded themselves into thinking that was Obama's fault.

[@jasonborn867]

Yes, well Biden wrecked everything just opening up the borders and subverting Supreme Court rule of law. Understand the majority electorate does not want what Dems are selling. WAKE UP!

[@crackededge9351]

@@cali115The only regret I will have is that people will still believe in the scam that is the two-party political system (even after Trump and Biden’s disaster presidencies) in this country that presents the illusion of choice. Both Republicans and Democrats are the problem. Both parties need to be jailed and disbanded for their countless crimes against America and other nations.

[@justinfowler2857]

Not likely. When you're in a cult you can't talk bad about the dear leader.

[@JRandaII]

Billionaires and corporations own both parties

[@FringeWizard2]

Small hat tribe owns both parties and makes them die for their country in the Middle East.

[@Jono_93]

Aye, bought and payed for a long time ago.

[@CteCrassus]

And yet they consistently back, support and fund the GoP *way* harder, which should be a good indicator of, if they own both parties, which of the two is the more compliant and behaved pet.

[@Fuar11]

And they don't need to rig the election either way. They have enough money to manipulate the population to do it for them.

[@thunderbird3694]

False! Democrats had passed extensive campaign finance reforms to keep big money out of politics, but Richard Nixon packed the courts with Conservatives who immediately killed it. This led to them opening the floodgates with Citizens United

[@truthhertz10]

I'm loving this new consistent uploading! Darkmatter posts, I click.

[@pfpublius]

I can do you one better on the compartmentalization. A cultist told me that trump talks so much that if he was planning to be a dictator he would blab about it. So i said...well he did, twice. And the response was, well anybody that wanted to be a dictator wouldn't advertise their intention so that must have been a joke. Literal, actual contradiction...in real time. But i got called argumentative for pointing that out. There is something else in them that is making them do this. I know that person is a lot smarter than that. I their case it's a mix of evangelical beliefs, longing for the end times/rapture, as well as outright hatred of other lifestyles & immigrants brought about by being steeped in said religions social circles. It's not just politics for them. Politics has been interwoven into their religious identity, which is where the rise in christian nationalism comes from. The machinations that got us here...the propaganda machine, gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc...exist without trump in the game. Indeed, Trump's time is nigh & what is being planned does not expire when he does. The most obvious continuation path would be dictator Barron. We've perhaps got only the next midterm election to hang onto enough cliff ledge to pull ourselves back up. We're certainly dangling off precariously now.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

You're not asking the right questions: "Do you want Trump to be a dictator?"

[@pfpublius]

@PlatinumAltaria i asked that in a way... i asked "i know you don't believe he does, but if you did believe he wanted to be a dictator would you still support him." The respose was "I'd have to think about that." Which is a definitive "yes, but i know that's a bad look so I'm just gonna say something that gives me plausible deniability while also ending the conversation because my narrative CANNOT withstand ANY more questions."

[@grmpEqweer]

Johnson and Vance are likely to battle it out when Trump dies or has so many micro-strokes he can't credibly function.

[@littlebitofhope1489]

When ever you wonder how people can do things like this, you have to remind yourself what we actually are. We are just Great Apes. And too much of the time that is exactly what we act like.

[@DarkMatter2525]

What's bizarre to me is how unlike Christ they are. Why take on that identity and then be the antithesis of it?

[@Leo_Zeo_Lhang]

Darkmatter2525 I know you said you don't like talking about politics, but you make some of the best political videos around currently. Your arguments are clear and well sourced, you don't take too long to make your point, you don't use too much emotionally charged language, and you take a rational view of the subject while reaching out to the other side without going too easy or too hard on them. You need to make a website or a substack or something where you can give your perspective on politics and current events, we're gonna need it in the coming years. If you don't feel like doing that, can you at least tell us what people you follow and what news sources you read to stay informed? Unbiased news and good takes are a much needed rarity these days.

[@Janiec52]

What he said, while true, could be said just as truthfully if trumps name was replaced with anyone else.

[@Billy4321able]

I hold a similar sentiment, but let's not pretend this wasn't emotionally charged. I am biased, and recognize that, but I'm not partisan. Darkmatter2525 seems to also be in a similar spot. I personally love the energy here and the direction it's going. I would appreciate it if he made more content on the matter, perhaps on a separate KZbin channel.

[@roycampbell586]

​@@Janiec52This is a non-statement. What exactly could be said as truthfully? Don't pretend both sides are the same.

[@Janiec52]

@roycampbell586 I don't the left this infinitely worse in every way, but everything he said is true of them as well..

[@IRGeamer]

I think the "no politics in polite company" mentality is one of the main causes for the information silos and echo chambers being so brutally effective in spreading BS and lies to those who will never hear any disagreement or criticism. “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” - Mark Twain

[@jennifers550]

Thank you for putting this out. I was upset Wednesday, very much in gloom and despair. By Thursday, I pulled myself together and told myself to just keep moving. This too will pass. All I can do is continue on.

[@TheGardenshark]

Look at the bright side...at least Harris won't be president.

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

@@TheGardensharkat least I’ll die one day

[@zach9962]

@@jennifers550 you’re probably upset you have to use the men’s bathrooms again. I would be, naasty things

[@dean_l33]

@@TheGardenshark Amen to that

[@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy]

Let’s look on the bright side-there is at least one thing Democrats and Republicans have in common: the conclusion that Americans got the president they deserve.

[@HarryLarsson-b2n]

what

[@LitCast]

people with reproductive organs deserve their rights to be stripped? did i walk into a sam harris comment thread?

[@nathanieljones8043]

@@HarryLarsson-b2n oh watch kamalas concession speech she doesn't care that her words someone who idolizes hitler won. Because we voted

[@CoolGuy-pn1vm]

That's not true. Some people definitely don't deserve to live in peace, with freedom, and affordable groceries, but those weak minded, screeching freaks, will still get to.

[@aluisious]

America: stupid, criminal, arrogant Trump: stupid, criminal, arrogant

[@brightargyle8950]

The majority of people are happy with being short sighted. This has been clearly shown through history. They hear what they want to hear and ignore the rest.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

It's how religions are made and survive.

[@ChaotiX1]

is that what happened in 2020?

[@VVVVV99611]

It also shows in media literacy. People are conditioned to find confirmation biases against others and negative opinions just stack up forever. Social media is not just profiting from this, they're intentionally dividing their users to help their company grow. People don't debate anymore, they just insult project & gaslight.

[@entropy8634]

@@VVVVV99611and it’s still infantalizing the voters by not placing any form of accountability on them. It’s also their responsibility to research. It’s their responsibility to think critically. It’s their responsibilities to make a responsible decision. They skip all the steps and just decided.

[@phynyxstorm5841]

@@entropy8634 So true. Too bad so many of his supporters will never understand that

[@purple_oak]

My father voted for Reagan and Trump. I tried to convince him how bad abortion bans affect women. All he had to say to me was "Don't put yourself in that position" and "That's a sad story"

[@yachishairclips2250]

This is why Trump loves the uneducated. They are stupid to think through things...

[@cali115]

As Raging Golden Eagle says: “People will only care about something when it affects them personally.” I expect many Conservatives, Republicans, and Christians to change their tunes when an abortion ban either affects them or someone they know personally.

[@BeaglzRok1]

Actually objectively correct. Ladies, abstinence is the best way to avoid a fetus. If you lack the self-control to keep it in your pants, then condoms, birth control, or finding a man of the basest semblance of quality that won't pump and dump and will actually support you and the child can also prevent the issue. Even public education taught me that. If you're have to walk alone in a dangerous neighborhood, get yourself a taser or pistol; and if where you live won't let you have them while criminals can, you're smart enough to figure out why it's so dangerous. If men are going to act like wild animals, treat them like wild animals. The alternative is pulling a little Sharia Law where women don't go out without the supervision of a strong man, for their own safety. If all of that personal responsibility fails, then we can have the legislation that provides exceptions for victims. Cuz I hate to break it to all of you, but if you want men to do literally everything for you, that's not gender equality, that's the desire to be a stay-at-home mom that can live off of a single income.

[@NaqrSeranvis]

@@cali115 They will not. They'll just do the thing off the record and keep going like nothing happened.

[@jasonborn867]

Abortion was never enacted into the constitution, which is why Roe v Wade was bad law and eventually failed. The matter should have always been decided by states so democracy could prevail. Do you believe abortion is moral because a person should have a right to their own body?

[@thefisherking78]

Gotta love a video that starts out "I apologize for this video" 😂

[@catsgonom]

He should be apologizing to himself because he's going to lose subscribers me for example I unsubscribed He's a massive hypocrite

[@Muhluri]

@@catsgonom example?

[@catsgonom]

@@Muhluri what are you confused about monkey brain?

[@RomeoTangoLima80]

@@catsgonom please explain.

[@j.breyner9630]

@@catsgonom, bye Felicia.

[@PatrickWDunne]

"I was Donald Trump's closest friend" - Jeffrey Epstein

[@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0]

@@PatrickWDunne nobody cares.

[@demomanchaos]

I'll take "Things That Were Never Said" for $600 Alex.

[@LalaDepala_00]

​@@demomanchaos You can - literally - listen to the Epstein/Trump tapes right now. It is sick how people like you just ignore reality.

[@Merecir]

If he was truly associated with that we would have heard about it every day for the last 8 years.

[@desireedebellis6766]

@@demomanchaos there is a tape of Jeffrey Epstein saying this , I've listened to it many times... Im sure you could find it here on you tube ,under Epstein tapes. (Breaking Points)

[@TheGardenshark]

So, why did Kamala not just explain all this during her interviews? She was asked repeatedly and nobody could get a straight answer from her.

[@DarkMatter2525]

She should have. But I think the calculus would be that it would require acknowledging economic hardships during Biden's term. Their mistake was to call the economy wonderful without acknowledging those price differences.

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

@@DarkMatter2525Acknowledging price differences would’ve been suicidal in any case. Because of the same reasons you cite in this video, anything Kamala or her campaign did were ultimately irrelevant to the outcome. If she acknowledges, Trumps side would use it as a stick to beat her with, if not we have what just happened. A problem I have with politics is that after every election the losing side spends time overcomplicating things by trying to find a rationale for why they lost and what they can do differently. It’s not completely random, but might as well be half the time. I can assure you wouldn’t be able to find some great reason in hindsight as to why she lost.

[@Blacksun169]

​@@jonathanmarkham1998I disagree that both parties ask why. Because it seems that the Dems search for what happened and come up with the wrong solutions/conclusions and the g.o.p has just quadrupled down on the same strategy since 1960. And for it the g.o.p has dragged the country back to the 1850's

[@SixteenTonesStudio]

I really don't think she could have said anything that would make people snap out of the Opposite World being pushed by Faux They don't believe _anybody_ except 1 gross man

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Because she had no platform aside from Orange Man literally HORTLER! and "Abortions!" In opposition to a candidate that said he doesn't care about the latter issue and that the states should figure it out themselves (something that's quite intelligent for such a divisive issue)

[@LogicAndReason2025]

According to google AI: "In America, 92% of the population still listens to radio every week, approximately 272 million people. This is ahead of the 87% that consume television on a weekly basis and far beyond the 22% who listen to podcasts weekly." This means: This channel and others like it, are simply not reaching enough voters. 99.9% of free local talk radio is very Right-leaning. All the MAGAs I know, parrot the talking points of local talk radio hosts that they listen to going to and from work and on the job. (note; this is in RI-MA, not TX-AL) Air America radio gave us 2 terms of Obama. The end of AAR gave us trump. This is no coincidence. The problems we face are that the public doesn't understand the basic differences between Democratic and Republican policies and agendas and how those actually affect us. Too many don't even understand how our system of government works. We had the overall better policies and a fantastic candidate. Ads were not enough to understand this. The Left and Center needs to unite and bring back AAR. Note: Public radio is not enough. They spend way too much time on esoteric discussions that are far beyond the average voter's interest. Air America Radio was 24/7 simple right-left policy comparison.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Yup Now how much Trump coverage was negative Please remind me Your candidate was shit, your party Couped their own leader in a hail mary after trying to cover for a man who was clearly unfit for office (the most popular president in US history btw) Jesus christ i get not liking the Cheeto but you're outright worshiping the party instead of taking ANYTHING away from another loss. Your party only had it's policies based on murdering babies on a federal level and called it's opposition literally hortler. That was their policy, they had NOTHING did nothing to try and normalize relations and thought calling 1/3 of the country Yathzees was a good idea. Further diluting the label of fascism to being nothing more then an insult for people you don't like will surely not lead to any dire consequences in the next 2 decades You had a good candidate, several even! You easily could've won with RFK, Tulsi alone would've easily swept the election. But no, keep going further to the left. Remember no breaks keep the insanity going!

[@ChrisWEEZ]

Fantastic analysis. Interesting to note that Sam Seder from the Majority Report came from Air America. I never had the opportunity to listen to AAR (not carried here in the Midwest to my knowledge) but would have been fun. We had Rush Limbaugh.

[@marcospisanis739]

And now he can't be prosecuted anymore.

[@dean_l33]

Aww did someone lawfare failed? Don't worry he's not running for president anymore

[@greg77389]

Good.

[@andrasbiro3007]

You had 8 years. If he's so super guilty, how come you failed to lock him up? Either he's not that guilty after all, or you are super incompetent. Or all politicians are just pretending to be enemies to get people bogged down in stupid fights and ignore the real problems.

[@taski1]

wasnt he convicted before the election? Then he got some sort of immunity? I completely forgot about it at this point

[@juanjoseireguigarcia4650]

The people here in the comments saying we have to cope, stop crying... I guess they cannot remember the biggest crashout in history when a candidate you rooted for lost, look no further than January 6th. Honorable mention to Trump crying, moaning and threatening coments directed to people when nothing went his way in those Truth Social posts. Edit: Sorry it was January *6th* my bad.

[@grmpEqweer]

They got so upset, they tried to eliminate Congress.

[@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0]

@@juanjoseireguigarcia4650 like you all forgot the riot you all had in 2016 when Trump got elected.

[@D1I.]

Womp womp cope😢

[@demomanchaos]

@@grmpEqweer Is that why there is video of the "Shaman" being given a guided tour by no less than nine different officers and all the protestors left that day of their own free will? If unguided tours of PUBLIC buildings is a coup, what do you call the CHAZ/CHOP situation? Remember when some far-left "protestors" decided to claim several blocks of a city as sovereign territory, setup walls with armed guards (Kids who were given "military grade assault weapons of war" with no background checks), and setup the most pathetic "farms" (Which were racially segregated because of course they were), and it resulted in several shootings and deaths including an unarmed black teen executed in cold blood by their self-appointed police force who then tried to cover it up? Did you know that the only reason it was shut down despite all the violence and pleas from citizens caught up in it was because the people there started saying they were going to march on the mayor's office/house?

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

And amazingly, there are still millions of people that actually believe that the most armed people in the history of the world went to Congress unarmed to stage an insurrection.

[@axtondragunov1784]

I just realized how much Darkmatter sounds like AVGN

[@PatrickWDunne]

What were they thinking???

[@axtondragunov1784]

@@PatrickWDunne Yknow what's buuuuull shit? Reactionary politics

[@DarkMatter2525]

I think we come from the same general area

[@Mikewee777]

​@@DarkMatter2525You both ended up getting dragged into playing a defective game from the past for the sake of your audiences .

[@FunnyLittleFella]

I will never be able to unhear this

[@Empathetik]

Thank you, DarkMatter. Always a pleasure to watch your videos.

[@davidstorrs]

Interesting fact about the 'Trump will fix it' slogan: it's reminiscent of the "Jim'll Fix It" TV show from the UK, run by Jimmy Saville. Jimmy Saville, who turned out to be a child predator. Not sure that's a connection I would want were I in the business of slogan-writing.

[@catsgonom]

Wow that's a massive stretch

[@scottgrohs5940]

No, Trump will fix it. Unfortunately the “it” is The New Deal and all pro-civic legislation based on it.

[@PatrickWDunne]

@@catsgonom Trump was best friends with Epstein. Trump admitted to walking in on changing rooms of teenage girls. Trump repeatedly talked about wanting to have sex with his own daughter.

[@AlastorsShadowDemon]

@@catsgonom Considering the whole “Epstein was my best buddy” thing, is it?

[@grmpEqweer]

Epstein was a very close friend. Booked "massages" for him.

[@rykoodasr]

Republican politics: “Heads, I win. Tails, you lose!” I hate that we have to live by the standards of the most ignorant among us.

[@catsgonom]

What are you even talking about He won fair and square with the Democratic process of voting that we've had for years and years and years. Cry more tears lefty

[@Cornpop1234]

Your view is one sided how about you get out of you echo chamber

[@gemer84]

Generalization is bad logic and part of the problem of both sides

[@Janiec52]

@@rykoodasr we don't, did you not see the election results?

[@ThirtytwoJ]

thats both sides bub, not just republicans.

[@Neojoe20]

Getting mad at the firefighters for getting your stuff wet after they put out the fire...

[@DarkMatter2525]

Good analogy

[@entropy8634]

Or getting mad at FEMA agents for manufacturing the hurricane

[@jasonborn867]

That's how I felt for the last 4 years, like democrats laughed in our face while they held the cards--like it was a big game for them. But the dem game is over for now.

[@davidmeehan4486]

When we get pay raises we pat ourselves on the back. When we have to pay more for goods and services we look for someone to blame.

[@letsRegulateSociopaths]

I really appreciate what you do. Your clarity and moral solidity (real morals based on empathy and mutual self interest) are so important now. And they will become more so in the trials ahead.

[@elephantmoney]

You are totally correct in this assessment. Very sad how people don't see through Trumps BS

[@oldnoob1917]

I hope at least Trump has to tell his new neighbors about his sexual predator status

[@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0]

What was the evidence?

[@williamsorrells6058]

​@@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0 Oh the evidence was, the prosecution's key witness admitted on the stand that he paid off stormy to shut her up during the first election behind the backs of Trump and his team who refused to give into her fake allegation. That was the prosecutor's Key witness admitted to being the one who committed the crimes Trump got accused of and the New York jury found trump guilty.

[@MouthofSauron334]

Last I heard, he was "implicit," meaning that there was no evidence, but he was guilty just cuz.

[@lazarus8018]

He did most of that shit with his cock and balls out. Made 0 attempts to hide any of it until the very last minute. Anyone who's lived in the same city as him already knows about it.

[@PatrickWDunne]

@@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0 E. Jean Carroll? The Epstein tapes? Trump admitting to walking in on changing rooms of teenage girls? Anyone who supports this guy is disgusting.

[@johnboettcher1962]

Been waiting for Kratos’ take on this mess…

[@greg77389]

Comparing this old bald fart to Kratos is an insult to Kratos

[@davidstorrs]

I'm starting to get to the "fuck it, let's have fun" stage where I simply become an accelerationist. The country is going to become a theocratic fascist dictatorship? Cool! The world is going to burn with cataclysmic weather events, massive droughts, massive food shortages, and more? Awesome! Let's make popcorn! Turns out, being a completely amoral psychopathic asshole is a remarkably freeing perspective that removes all the stress. I know that I'll get over it and become a decent person again, but I want to bask in the relief for a few minutes. I guess this is what Trump supporters and Exxon executives feel like all the time?

[@tribesvanguard7007]

Indeed. When u stop caring about others, life becomes great!

[@grmpEqweer]

I have those moments. I will feel schadenfreude when his followers realize they have hurt themselves along with me.

[@V01DIORE]

Nah even as an accelerationist it doesn’t fit, this will bring stagnation not progress. That said it proves enough people will unquestioningly walk into their own demise, so there’s clarity humanity stands a better chance at self-annihilation.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

@grmpEqweer it's funny because alot of those same people will be content knowing that it hurt you and be ok with whatever result they get afterwards 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

You forgot about the nuclear winter >.

[@SoeZ-M4]

Some people just like the leash. Sad

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

As long as it’s held by the right guy

[@jasonborn867]

No, the majority did not like living under Biden's rule. A dictator who subverted the Supreme Court and supports Israel who perpetrated genocide on Palestinians. Catholic Joe allowed his religious ideology to ruin the party... worshipping god in the pews and supporting genocide in the oval. WAKE UP!

[@Refertech101]

Uhm what? the leash got tossed out and hard. We got our wrecking ball made of middle fingers.

[@greg77389]

Yeah like the DNC's voter base.

[@Co-uy9rv]

I am very annoyed when die-hard Trump fans claim he's good at the economy when these facts exist. And even then, Trump supporters being more concerned about their own incomes and money over other factors such as civil rights, government integrity, and just how other citizens will be affected demonstrates a total lack of empathy.

[@jasonborn867]

Yet you mention no problem with Catholic Joe's support of Israel who perpetrates genocide against Palestinians? If you think voters rejected Dems purely on money issues wake up! And who wants a president that openly subverts Supreme Court rule of law. Get a clue!

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Tell me you're middle or upper class without telling me You're so disconnected from the struggles of the plebs that you view them with utter disgust for not engaging in your luxury beliefs

[@41-Haiku]

​​@@commisaryarreck3974 Like "democracy should exist"? I think that's pretty good for everyone long term. I'm not a fan of the leader of the free world inciting an insurrection or talking about wanting to be a dictator or praising dictators or telling people they will never have to vote again after what he plans to do to the country. Burning everything down the hopes that something better emerges is the exact thing that Antifa wanted. The MAGA version isn't much better.

[@Refertech101]

@@41-Haiku you are the exact brain washed NPC that ensured I voted for the wrecking ball made of middle fingers.

[@elitepctech]

I am an atheist, however it is uncanny how closely Trump fits the definition of the Beast (Anti-Christ) from Revelations. As a Humanist, I call Trump, the Anti-Human.

[@PwntifexMaximus]

And not the environmentalist, anti-natalist movement?

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

He is the next step in the evolution of humanity

[@FunnyLittleFella]

I would say he's the epitome of all of humanity's worst aspects. We ought to acknowledge how horrible humans can be to each other rather than externalizing it as something "other than human" the way people have historically blamed spirits or demons for evil.

[@PwntifexMaximus]

@@FunnyLittleFella Like starting and funding wars? Industrial scale murder?

[@jasonborn867]

Then what do you call Biden who continually supported Israel while they perpetrated genocide on Palestinians. Understand why Dems lost the election. WAKE UP!

[@jeckjeck3119]

Well, US will get what it voted for. For once.

[@Trivvy]

I vastly overestimated the intelligence of most Americans it seems. I thought that knowing what I assumed _everyone_ knew about Trump, that at the very least they would vote for _not_ Trump. You didn't have to like Kamala to recognize the existential threat Trump poses. I expected too much.

[@FunnyLittleFella]

Honestly I think that's what the democrats have been relying on the past 3 elections. Their platform is pretty much just "Look at this guy! This guy? You're really gonna vote for this guy?" Yes, Democratic Party, they really did vote for that guy. And you might've been able to stop it if you actually tried to fix things. Say whatever the fuck you will about Trump but he's a fucking populist, he knows how to appeal to people. Very, very dumb people

[@MarioMario-vy4bi]

Trump is daddy

[@jasonborn867]

No, you underestimated the intelligence of the majority electorate. The country didn't like Catholic Joe's support of Israel who perpetrates genocide on Palestinians. But I agree with you a high IQ is unnecessary to conclude the same paycheck buys less goods during Biden. WAKE UP!

[@BlazingOwnager]

The existential threat is almost entirely the creation of non-stop propaganda. He's a selfish narcissistic conman, but he's not the beast.

[@maudiojunky]

@@BlazingOwnager Wait til you see the price of goods after tariffs and deportations kick in. He's certainly an existential threat to the middle class.

[@carlygreen5606]

Thanks for making this. Some of the videos you've made over the years have been incredibly influential in the development of my ability to think critically. I can't thank you enough for that. I'll always be true to myself and appreciate that you are too.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

I don't think it is honeat to blame Trump for the economic crash in 2020. Especially because the covid restrictions which caused a lot of the market crash were implemented by the states.

[@DarkMatter2525]

I'm not blaming him entirely, but his policies before covid were not good and exacerbated what happened in 2020. The main point isn't that Trump was at fault, however, but that a 2nd Trump term also would've seen economic hardship with higher inflation because of 2020.

[@GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp]

@@DarkMatter2525not your usual style but I would be interested in hearing what about his pre Covid policies you dislike and how you specifically think they interacted with Covid. It would be nice to hear after your relatively neutral coverage here

[@redrudy07]

Half the country chose couch over country, leaving the crazy to vote in madness.

[@PlatinumAltaria]

What that tells you is that half of people didn't mind which outcome, which is insane.

[@samueloak1600]

​@@PlatinumAltariaIs it though?

[@jonnynice8366]

@@PlatinumAltaria When both outcomes are undesireable, what's the point? Personally, I would vote third party, but I'm European, it doesn't feel as awkward to us to vote for a small party.

[@PatrickWDunne]

JD Vance chose couch

[@redrudy07]

@@PatrickWDunne While thinking about what rights to pick the couch treatment for...

[@RIPTiggy]

Thank you for continuing the discourse despite the tragic circumstances. I am so tired of having to placate the ignorant lest I be labeled argumentative or bigoted against religion. The reality is that women are being tortured, persecuted, and killed for being born with female reproductive organs. Anyone who says otherwise has either not had to deal with the consequences themselves or is incapable of understanding how women's healthcare should function. Abortion care is women's healthcare. There is no way to exclude it without harming women. End of story. Anyone saying otherwise is either incapable of logical reasoning, or deliberately trying to harm women.

[@erpthompsonqueen9130]

Thank you. Watching from Alaska. 🤔

[@GO-GO_SO-SO]

This is a great video. I think that people just have to see for themselves that Trump does not know what he is doing, does not care about people, and that his policies (the few he actually does have) are going to hurt and not help anyone.

[@assalane]

they saw it. 4 years ago. Problem is that they forgot.

[@deller5924]

I love your shows. That aside, going by this video your logic is compartmentalized as well.

[@DarkMatter2525]

Thanks, but could you please give an example?

[@deller5924]

@@DarkMatter2525 No worries. In actuality, there is a way bigger picture than that you based upon providing your input/analysis. Your input/analysis is based upon the vision you have, which is so much (not absolute), and which makes your logic compartmentalized as well. Speaking of which, there is no absolute logic, everybody's logic is compartmentalized. And that's fine. To my mind what's important is not to provide the only correct answer or analysis to something (since there isn't one), but to be honest to yourself and to whoever you address it to, and to be a truth-seeker (there's no absolute truth, though). And I'm sure you are. I just don't agree with you on your analysis 100%. I do appreciate you, brother.

[@baburnit]

I appreciate you making this video. Very calm and rational evaluation of the situation, and right now that is what I need.

[@SailorAnthy]

Been a fan for years. This was really nicely done and greatly needed.

[@Rheinhard]

For such a comparatively small creator, this is one of the best election analyses I’ve seen. Bravo!

[@Desertphile]

What happened: us patriots were out-numbered by frightened, hate-filled fascists.

[@SubvertTheState]

Oh come on. Don't Democrats believe America is evil? Oh yeah, Biden Administration's war propaganda has worked well to make America a "pro democracy" force for good. Just ask Ukraine, Gaza, or those 5 children and those 2 humanitarian workers who were blown up in that drone strike in Kabul. But I'm sure that was all "inherited" from Trump right?

[@JamieWard-u2h]

Man I'll tell yah..on wisconsin ballet ,rfk ,Jill stien, libertarian ,American first an siphoned a great number of votes from both parties but more so from kamala because wisconsin is a red state really. Think maybe what Elon money went to adding 7 other canidates.

[@Cornpop1234]

Democrats say Trump is a fascist, which is ironic because people on the left have openly said they want to censor social media opposing free speech, which is a fascist idea.

[@JamieWard-u2h]

There were two other parties I very never heard of and most got at least 200k votes libertarian green got 500k lesser parties got 50 k

[@valipunctro]

Thats the default,ppl larp as patriots and free market pull yourself by the bootstraps until its their turn to do so.

[@orgdotedufilms7633]

Id be lying if i said i wasnt waiting for this video. I never really enjoyed politics, seeing as one of the only candidates I ever rooted for, Bernie Sanders, was practically thrown under the bus by his own party for hillary in the 2016 primary. It wasnt until very recently, that I finally began to educate myself on the depth of the depravity caused by Trumps administration. I felt so sick. I had almost in whole ignored 4 years of quite possibly the worst leadership in American history. He wasnt just ignoring the plight of the american people, foreigners, the sick, the elderly, he was ACTIVELY hurting them. His disdain for the working poor is beyond imagination. I only wish i could go back and tell someone, anyone, how much worse it was than we all thought.

[@grmpEqweer]

The DNC funded Hillary and did not fund Bernie. Donna Brazile wrote on this. They were sued by Bernie supporters. The suit was dismissed. The court ruled that the Democratic Party doesn't have to follow their own rules, and can select their Presidential candidate in any way they wish. They don't even have to have a presidential primary, much less have a fair one.

[@throckwoddle]

Bernie is *not* a Democrat. He caucuses with them, but is, and always has been, an independent (after leaving the Liberty Union party). The superdelegate issue was really bad, but Bernie lost to Hillary just on regular delegates anyway.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

@@throckwoddle sure sure... we all saw the machinations and the behind the scenes stuff and emails. Similar with the sudden Biden thing when Bernie was beating all the rest in 2020. The establishment wants what the establishments wants. Enjoy 4 more years of Trump now. Maybe he'll remove term limits too ;)

[@josephsnodgrass5875]

'Power corrupts' is a great series. I consider it biblical fiction right alongside the classics; paradise lost & the divine comedy. I also felt nostalgic watching your interpretations of bible stories. The crude animation is where it's at! It reminds me of growing up in the church in the early 2000s. When I fell out of faith, those videos were really impactful on me and I dont regret that at all. Thank you. Artistically I hope you continue, I love the format. I think Jeffrey is a genius device to show different interpretations of God's actions. Some Christians see it as blasphemous but I dont. I like to explore weird ideas about all this stuff. It doesnt harm my faith. I think people convinced me that this stuff would harm my faith so i let that manifest but nah. here I am and I still dig it. God loves you. Dont alienate your buddy, maybe you extend an olive branch later in the video? idk didnt finish it tbh. Also I seen you commenting on random videos I watch lol

[@ReservedInvestments]

I love your work DarkMatter2525!

[@lamaglama6231]

It's hard to distinguish sartire from reality in this comment section. Keep up the good work Darkmatter. Your channel is one of the shining beacons of logical and rational thought here on KZbin

[@jimmythebold589]

it sucks that we have to say 'ssatire' or /s (sarcasm) when we're being obviously satirical. that's the degradation of public discourse that has come from maga. now., that they have their narcissistic validation, i'm prepared to ignore maga, and not respond to any of their posts. none of it helped in the past, anyway.

[@taski1]

"It's hard to distinguish sartire from reality in this comment section." that's the problem

[@markwoods4439]

I’m glad you stepped outta your regular zone Dark Matter to talk about the political situation now. Thank you and hopefully these four years will not break us to far apart 😔

[@hououinkyouma5539]

We really needed more of this sooner, but hindsight is 20/20

[@irrelevant_noob]

1:44

[@MarcVL1234]

Part of the reason why this result happened is because we've been promoting & encouraging people to vote with their: values, morals, ideals, hearts (doesn't matter if it's compassion, hatred, fear, kindness, whatever), & / or etc. Or to vote as though "their" party is like their favorite sports team. Instead of their own direct pragmatic self-interest. What will be good for them & theirs. The net result of voting on individual pragmatic self-interest would be better for everyone, & probably help outcomes look more democratic. Meaning the policies & laws will reflect the will of the majority, not just who sits in the various political seats. It would accomplish this, in part, by keeping politicians focused on the pragmatic self-interests of their constitutents, rather than them being mostly about abstractions, ideals, culture war issues, & emotional rhetoric. We've also gotten to the point where cheerleading for democracy as some kind of abstract ideal is killing democracy. Democracy, again, *means* that government (the policies & the laws) reflect or represent the will of the people. Government, not who sits in government. People forget that the most cherished things in democratic societies are anti-democratic. Safe guards / guard rails that are constitutionally (& hopefully culturally) enshrined, that limit democracy, that prevent it from turning into the tyranny of the majority. Freedom of speech is incredible & awesome; we have the first amendment to keep a majority from voting to restrict the speech they find unpopular, for instance. All the talk about the wonders of democracy from so many, & not one honest mention or analysis of how democratic the nation really is. We can do that. There are international indices measuring how democratic nations are. The US ranks fairly low in these indices. These indices are ranked by comparing the actual policies, laws, & general governance to the policies, laws, governance styles that are popular with a majority of the electorate. By this basic standard, that is just what democracy *means* & is *intended to do*, the US has not been very democratic for a while. Even in the right & conservative leaning Fox News polls, Medicare-For-All shows majority support. Poll all Americans, & it has overwhelming popular support. & yet, it has never been put to a vote in Congress, even if only to get politicians on the record about it. I could mention other big discrepancies between actual policy & which policies are popular with majorities. There are many of them. In a majority of policies & in law, it's not much different than if the actual policies were inversely proportional to their popularity among the majority of Americans. Then there's the specific emphasis of the Democratic party on civility & decorum. Those things are pressure cookers for discontent, fear, pain, rage, & hate. I voted for Harris. Because I forced myself to overlook that disgusting & dangerous (& contrary to human nature) attitude. & not because I necessarily saw Trump has "evil" or the "end of democracy." But because there were at least a few specific policies & positions of his that I recognized were against the pragmatic self-interest of myself & my loved ones. Trans issues & economic policy, mostly. It saddens me to predict this, but this election will likely make the Democratic party move further to the right (which they will call being centrist). The majority of Democrat politicians today are functionally identical to 1980s Reagan Republicans, but with some different rhetoric, & a few commitments to culture war issues that have just become part of their brand, & that the politicians themselves mostly just virtue signal about, but don't really care about when you look at their actions. Because moving to the right is what the Democrats have done for decades, whenever they have to "learn" from a particularly bad electoral loss. I honestly believe top Democratic party leaders would rather a Trump presidency than a leftist, progressive Democrat candidate, like Bernie Sanders, or others with similar politics. They kind of have almost openly said that at times in the past. Hey, I really hope I'm wrong! I'm just going based on a lot of past behavior. & that politicians (esp at the federal level), regardless of party or stated politics, are virtually always the lowest form of human life our country has to offer. Basically, sentient dumpster fires that just happen to look like humans. & that's on the American electorate. You can't blame a dumpster fire for being a dumpster fire. If the scorpion dooms you both because you trusted it, that's on you.

[@26th_Primarch]

The Democratic party moving right WOULD put them closer to centrist beliefs.

[@MarcVL1234]

@26th_Primarch Are you sure you're not just thinking about their small, internally loathed leftist / progressive wing? Look at the actual policies, esp economic policies, of mainstream Democratic politicians. The only thing that *seems* lefty about them is their rhetoric. The things they promote that are concrete are already pretty right wing. Remember, when Obama came into office with Dem majorities in both houses of Congress, a freaking mandate, & the best he could do his rip off a Republican health care plan that was a gift & a love letter to health insurance corporations? In what *concrete* ways do you think they are left? Not their words, not their tone, not their brand-based positions on some culture war social issues. The real nitty gritty. I'm honestly asking. Maybe you're right, but I can't think of how they're left in real ways, other than by contrast to the right. & yeah, in terms of the values that they virtue signal that they "totally" care about. But those aren't real unless they translate into policy with concrete results.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

@@26th_Primarch lol no :) They are right wing liberals with some grassroots centrists and leftists trying to infiltrate them.

[@UraniumMan]

I would love to hear your thoughts on whether or not you think Trump, and the people who are loyal to him, are fascists, and what that might mean for the nation (and therefore the world)...

[@UraniumMan]

Hitler also rose to power with promise of economic recovery after WW1 for anyone who does not know. There are other significant parallels.

[@user-oh5gz4ue6r]

@@UraniumMan And it worked.

[@proveritate9312]

Excellent analysis !! It's beyond comprehension that the voters never saw and realized the fool that they voted for. Time will tell how the world will react. I'm not positive about the outcome.

[@grmpEqweer]

"Who is the greater fool, the fool, or the fool that follows him." -Ben Kenobi.

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

provertitate, you forgot to include "fool" as a plural.

[@Oldleftiehere]

I don’t think they cared enough to look hard. Many late voters walked in and marked their ballot for the man. I know that’s what the male Black and Latino voters did. They were scared shitless about gays and trans people. That’s where the propaganda was pointed specifically.

[@proveritate9312]

@dimwitsadvocate6264 You're absolutely right ! Too many to count !

[@Cornpop1234]

what I mostly see in this comment section is hateful democrats in an echo chamber who will not mention the opposing side and the hypocrisy of the left. They act like Trump is literally a fascist, which is ironic because people on the left have openly said they want to censor social media opposing free speech, which is a fascist idea.

[@AndroidHarris]

The confidence man always wins

[@louhortonsculpture]

This logic is exactly what I was taught by my parents. Democrat presidents benefited from amazing Republican policies like trickle down and ending social programs. These flaws in logic are long standing and generational. I think if Biden or anyone had ever done more for us than just barely keeping the train on the tracks and acting like they have some sense of decency wasn’t enough.

[@ThirdEarlXXl]

It is true that Democracy works best when people are educated but even if we go back to classical Greece people were already subduing freethinking in favor of religion. Religion is the murky waters that cloud clear thinking.

[@duncanfeyd4056]

Bailouts never "had to be done". Insurance is the biggest scam in history. That company should have gone under, and insurance should have been immediately seen for what it is and outlawed.

[@Refertech101]

And there it is, the real core of the issue, we have a parasite riddled form of capitalism that is dying from the blood loss, real capitalism depends on the too big ones failing, in doing so creates the nutrients needed for smaller new more efficient ones to rise, the system been too gamed and rigged it is going to fail, not if but when. Be prepared folks.

[@vaprex]

This video should have so many more views! This is one of the best 'post election' analysis videos I've seen. While it doesn't go into the various misinformation methodologies the right uses that the left doesn't, it does a fantastic job of highlighting how/why cognitive bias can lead tens of millions of people to vote against their best interests.

[@scamchan]

So you saying Kamala would have made things better???

[@DarkMatter2525]

Ask me again in four years.

[@scamchan]

@@DarkMatter2525 Nice nice!! GOOD STUFF!!! Keep the videos coming

[@801punk]

Kamala probably wouldn't tank the economy with tariffs and mass deportations. Food prices will eventually lower when everything levels out and grocery companies go back to being able to make a profit and pay off their extra costs and businesses decide totally ripping people off isn't a good look. With republicans in charge it that wont last long and shit will suck. Elon even admitted to it. Trump isn't worth humans being mass deported or project 2025.

[@black-redpill3]

​​@@801punk Gas directly impacts fertilizer prices since petroleum is involved in the production of fertilizer, meaning due to her lack of drilling initiatives food prices would continue to double every 2 years, as a start, had she won.

[@801punk]

@black-redpill3 The US has not reduced any drilling and in fact it has upped production under Biden. Harris had no plan to stop drilling or reduce it. The US doesn't want to rely on foregin oil no more than it needs to. You are right that if oil goes up in price it has an effect on everything else. Trump will tank the economy with is plan and erase any progress that happens.

[@MattGray35]

We're completely fucked.

[@zach9962]

@@MattGray35 while i disagree, I absolutely love the honestly. Definitely made me laugh 🤣

[@zach9962]

@@MattGray35 i truly hope this gets top comment on here 😂

[@MattGray35]

@@zach9962 lol

[@chief8559]

So what did Biden do

[@MrHereWeGoYo]

I started seeing those "I did that" stickers on gas pumps mere days after Biden actually took office. That told me everything I needed to know about the type of people that were posting them.

[@surewhatever8843]

Gas stations update their pricing every morning, usually based on nearby competition. I was in a Texas gas station early this morning when the young maga manager was making changes and he exclaimed, “the gas prices are already going down!” Idiot. I’m in this store practically every morning and apparently he’s just looking for ANY justification, because today’s dip was minuscule and followed a substantial hike last week.

[@kingplunger1]

yes, people are dumb.

[@jasonborn867]

Correct, Dems could not see the defeat looming before their eyes because they were clueless as to how the majority of voting Americans felt. So dumb!

[@AdrianColley]

Arguing about whether Trump was good for the US economy is like arguing about whether Mussolini made the trains run on time.

[@505Hockey]

Hiring such an incompetent malignant narcissist to be your “vengeance” against people you don’t like is a self-own of epic proportions.

[@zellcrs]

Eggs and gas stronger than anything.

[@Trashboat221]

Gas is 3 dollars nationally rn

[@PatrickWDunne]

They're going to get way more expensive

[@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0]

@@PatrickWDunneI didn’t know you could see the future.

[@aluisious]

@@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0 That's because you're stupid.

[@handlethisnut]

​​@@VulpinetideCuteTimes0w0 No need to be a clairvoyant. They're just taking Trump at his word with respect to his tarrif plans and mass deportations (aka decrease the labor supply). You could say, "ha! Taking trump at his word? How has that worked for you in the past?" Except both have been consistent policies advocated by trump throughout his entire political career. They're very much a possibility and are economically bad.

[@mdon5312]

I appreciate you and what you do. As bleak as things look right now, i hope you soldier on.

[@WadeWojcik]

Thanks for everything you do DarkMatter2525. You’ve been fighting the good fight for many years, and I know personally it’s made a big difference.

[@blue123439]

These people can’t see the forest for the trees. No one will ever convince me that it’s not a cult, well I shouldn’t no one, but there’s pretty strong evidence that it is.

[@The6thMessenger]

Dude, to them, you're the cult. Hell, to everywhere else, both of you red and blues are in your own cults, culting with one another, the cult is simply bigger on the red, and they're less insane.

[@OniNaito]

@@The6thMessenger Bigger cult. Less insane. Ok.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@OniNaito He's not completely wrong Cults lose power as they grow. It's harder to enforce orthodoxy and the chances of splinter groups increase with growth

[@jasonborn867]

If you support Dems you're in a cult too. Don't be so naive believing worship only applies to one color because Catholic Joe drinks religious kool-aid too. WAKE UP!

[@mapelsiroup5604]

@@OniNaito it is though, have you seen the general mood after this election, everyone on the left is talking how much they need to flee the country, fight, buy arms/ammo, and how doomed they are. its crazy how they dont see their own echo chamber, it was "so close" when everyone on the right could see it for months that it was leaning trump, the fear mongering from the left-wing media is insane anyone with a head above their shoulders can see the dangerous rhetoric the current institution & big media is pulling. but right your little caricatures in newspaper and online showing buff guys with guns as right-wing is a old stereotype that sadly didn't age well, nobody on the left kept up with the times and how educated people started leaning right and that bit your butt in the end so congrats for being out of touch :] (PS: not really directed at you just a comment on the overall state of affairs, still debating your point tho)

[@swaviddenson5623]

A maga “friend”of mine said in a debate “compare trump’s presidency and biden’s presidency excluding the Covid years.” These people are hopeless. I may just leave the country. I don’t see a future here these aren’t good people this doesn’t feel like home anymore

[@chistudentnels]

Don’t come to Canada it’s rampant with trump supporters. Crazy even

[@dean_l33]

Leave! I implore you

[@CapnHolic]

Oh no, please don't....

[@mrwatcherman1124]

I can relate to that feeling of wanting to leave. The problem is I barely have an idea of where to go, even if I had all the money in the world. And what you said about your "friend" reminded me of a conversation I had with my "friend" It was our last real conversation before a few texts and that was it. He wasn't a Trump supporter but we we're arguing about Corona. I said he wasn't taking it seriously enough because he was going out to bars and having sex with random girls when he should've been self-quarantining. He accused me of not quartering because I still went to the grocery store. I still can't believe he said that.

[@greg77389]

Leave and don't come back.

[@disguisedbadger]

"I never thought a leopard would eat MY face!" Sobs woman who voted for the leopards eating peoples faces party

[@raintalon6138]

15 million left leaning Americans decided not to vote Harris. I hope their self righteousness is worth it.

[@GenerationX1984]

There was a South Park episode where privileged self righteous liberals like to smell their own farts. I feel like that's what the ones who refused to vote because of Palestine or whatever their favorite social issue was ended up doing. They'd rather stay home and smell their own farts than vote.

[@EmperorTyrael]

Or how about the fact that they're angry that their votes for Biden during the primaries were worth nothing and was replaced by Kamala instead.

[@andrasbiro3007]

Hell yeah. I'm feeling so good since the election, breathing more easily and excited about the future. After 4 years of hopelessness. Self righteousness is perfect description of the Harris campaign, that's why she lost so brutally. Constantly attacking men and whites is not a good strategy if you want to be popular. But the funny thing is that even minorities voted for Trump.

[@taski1]

who are you calling self righteous?

[@raintalon6138]

@taski1 the ppl who think running the risk and letting Trump get elected. Will get them the thanks of any Palestinians. It won't. Mainly because there won't be any once he takes office.

[@valmid5069]

Cant wait for more content from this channel!

[@joshuapowers4623]

An incredibly frustrating irony in all of this is that Obama's choice to bail out the banks instead pf the public, and then having to watch as all the same people responsible reaped the benefits of the bailout while leaving them in the lerch. Was the moment many decided the system had failed leading directly to trumps success.

[@klumpytheklown3798]

I haven't even listened to it yet, but, I was waiting for this. You are a beacon in the dark world, Darkmatter.

[@Luigi00from00Seattle]

Tell me you were disappointed

[@klumpytheklown3798]

@Luigi00from00Seattle You called it.

[@rob2540]

Inflation is a bitch

[@grmpEqweer]

It is. The worst aspect is the cost of housing, which has basically tripled.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

@@grmpEqweer housing didn't triple because of inflation alone, but also because of speculation (rich people to blame again).

[@greg77389]

@@grmpEqweer Good news, it'll go down if Trump keeps his word on mass deportations!

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

Fed goes brrrr.

[@ICYoyoLamar]

You’re an excellent voice for the truth. Thanks for what you do.

[@greg77389]

You don't even know what truth is. Sad.

[@ICYoyoLamar]

@ what’s the truth?

[@curiouslyt2123]

I love the cartoons and the regular commentary but I’d love to see more videos like this as well. Everything is made very clear and I don’t think I could have known a dip in a chart had not to do with the current president did but what a past one did 10 or more years back and what was affected where. But it makes sense!

[@UnstableGoofball]

Thanks for making this

[@peterfreiling6963]

All of this makes sense now. My grocery bill is a few dollars higher, so I am going to vote for a fascist, insane, criminal, grifter and a fraud. Makes perfect sense.

[@brentwilbur]

I have made a similar point to people with regards to deficit spending. Inflation takes between 18-24 months to really manifest in the economy. There is a significant delay. The initial inflation people experienced in the early stages of Biden's presidency were the result of spending decisions by Trump at the end of his first term. The inflation we will experience in the beginning of Trump's second term will be the result of actions taken by Biden at the end of his. And we won't feel the full weight of Trump's economic decisions until well into the following presidency. Trump wants to lower rates and print, which will weaken the dollar tremendously, ushering in even more substantial inflation than we experienced under Biden. Things will seem good at first, but then the honeymoon will be over and most of the people who loved Trump will hate him before the end. Everyone who hated Trump from the beginning will finally be able to gloat, though they won't understand the truer mechanism of Trump's failure. Their hatred will still be based on personal bias instead of legitimate comprehension.

[@grmpEqweer]

One of my bigger fears for us all: The US dollar losing credibility as a world reserve currency.

[@brentwilbur]

@@grmpEqweer - An entirely rational fear. If the globe sends all its dollars back at the same time, we will all be millionaires barely able to afford a loaf of bread. Precious metals for the win.

[@seeigecannon]

@@brentwilbur if things get really bad you would be able to buy a gallon of gas with a wedding ring.

[@throckwoddle]

You don't understand the power of Trump to sell. He is the ultimate salesman who became a politician. Inflation will be a good thing under him because it will be reducing both the national debt, and inflating away the debt held by private parties. It will also be a necessary pain in order to permanently fix things. And his supporters will buy this sales pitch, just like they bought all of the rest of his sales pitches.

[@oldspiritart]

Correct🎯🎯🎯

[@Προμηθεύς-β1β]

I don't like either side, but it seems like it's a lot simpler than this. I am inclined to think that the majority of people do not understand economics and many people who voted for Trump do not necessarily support him or his views. The left, including the majority of mainstream media (which a lot of people do not trust, for good reason), was squandered by their own identity politics, without a doubt. When you pander to minority groups and alienate the majority, you will get a minority vote. The fact that people didn't see this coming is absolutely mind boggling and I'm inclined to call it willful ignorance. In many cases it blatantly is. Some might be surprised at how many people voted for a group they dislike over a group that they know hates them, but they shouldn't be. Some people even voted in a way that could cause their own family members to be deported, that should tell you something.

[@DarkMatter2525]

Sounds like they're very thin skinned and overly sensitive, which is exactly what they accuse of others. I'm a straight white family man. I'm constantly told by the right that I'm under attack. Well, I don't feel it. Sorry. I just don't. Perhaps I'm made of sterner stuff. I don't respect the weaklings on the right who choose their vote based on what some dipshit said to them online, or what some airhead said on a talk show.

[@Προμηθεύς-β1β]

@@DarkMatter2525 I agree with you on a lot of this, but it doesn't matter what we think. The public perception of the majority is what matters and that's exactly what won this race. Whether you are made of sterner stuff or respect them or not is inconsequential. The picture is bigger.

[@The6thMessenger]

Lol the "straight white" crap. It's that reason why Dems lost.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

@@Προμηθεύς-β1β what won this race (and many other around the globe) is the power of propaganda and lies (fake news).

[@mannyguyson]

The mainstream media isn't 'left' in any sense. It's corporate and there solely for clicks and profit - an obviously rightward bias. If we truly had a left-leaning media, there would have been nonstop stories about how Kushner ever got a security clearance when he was obviously compromised. We would have had endless stories about families separated at the border. It continually 'sane-washed' Trump's speeches and rallies, as if his increasing dementia wasn't completely obvious. Nope... The media is not remotely left-leaning. That is a right-wing talking point to 'work the refs' and scare the media out of daring to criticize them. Sadly, it has been very successful.

[@soodanim]

You, sir, are a legend. I'm confident your efforts make a positive difference. Rock on.

[@silveryfeather208]

My wife died, but it's ok, I saved a dollar on gas!

[@sprPee]

Was she murdered by one of the 20 million undocumented people that came in the last 4 years?

[@SSJLibtard]

@@sprPee lol🤣🤣🤣

[@shadowbonbon3]

@@silveryfeather208 my uncle can’t pay for medical bills anymore, but hey, we saved 25 cents on eggs

[@CheknoEternity]

I’m sorry about your wife. But I’m really confused as to why you’re making this statement.

[@Viper40758]

So dramatic. Get out of your fantasy land and actually listen to what trumps plans are. Hes leaving abortion rights to the states like he should.