Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Peter Zeihan || The Winner of the 2024 US Presidential Election Is..." video.

I'm old enough to remember when the 2008 election was supposed to be Hillary Clinton vs. Rudy Giuliani.
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Then maybe you can explain something to me. "If the Repblicans are allowed to change the election system in the way they say they want to, swing voters don't matter anymore." -- What, exactly, is the pragmatic evidence for this assertion?
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@jesseg5902 It strikes me as the opinion of A swing voter, not the swing voter. This isn't one of those things that Zeihan over-analyzes; he doesn't seem to analyze it at all.
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"If the Repblicans are allowed to change the election system in the way they say they want to, swing voters don't matter anymore." Peter, you're blowing smoke here. This assertion is presented completely without evidence. It's not clear what it even means -- what changes? Requiring showing up to a polling place with an ID? How would this disadvantage independents??
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"Nobody votes for the Vice President" Peter, you're old enough to remember when the VP was supposed to bring something to the ticket -- voters from their home state, usually. Was California really ever going to vote for Trump? No. So we have to look at the OTHER reason(s) Kamala could have been chosen. Appeal to minorities and women because Biden's the oldest and whitest of the old white guys? Sure, but there were better candidates in that lane. Kamala was chosen to unite the East Coast and West Coast wings of the Democrats' donor base. West Coast donors have nothing but contempt for democracy, and for just about all of them going into politics would be a massive step down in terms of money, power, and influence. Just ask Meta Vice President (and former leader of some major British political party) Nick Clegg about his 2017 promotion. To Silicon Valley techies, going into politics is something like running off to join the carnival, for mediocrities like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom, who can't hack it in tech like actual intelligent people (or finance, if you're intelligent but morally bankrupt.) I think you underestimate the chance that Silicon Valley boardroom class and the San Francisco political machine will push an empty suit who is tall and has all his hair, into Biden's spot. Maybe being in SF isn't just a layover and you've heard something salient, or maybe you still have so much faith in the system that you can't believe the Democrats would run such an ignorant mediocrity (bless your heart), but it doesn't sound like you're nearly cynical enough here.
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@jesseg5902 Zeihan is so embedded in the Establishment that he has Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's practically a job requirement. I wouldn't trust anything he has to say on the subject. I am, however, extremely interested in what he has to say on the subject, especially when he can't justify what he's saying to his usual standards of evidence. Knowing what The Narrative(TM) is on any given thing, is the first step to finding the evidence to dismantle The Narrative(TM) and figure out what the truth actually is.
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Someone who will do exactly what advisors like Zeihan advise him to do. Look at his Leadership series, and this is his only criterion for judging leadership quality.
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"Independents thought Joe Biden was an absolute disaster, but in 2022 sided with the Democrats" And this doesn't seem the least bit fishy to you? Most free and fair elections ever! Don't ask questions!
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