United States Politics: ∆τ_i*ε*φ*m_i<0 where ε=4 and φ=0.25

[Rendle]

Politics reverting to catty high school attitudes is a little sad. Everybody gave up on trying to be serious people and fell down to Trump’s level. When once “you’re no Jack Kennedy” was seen as disrespectful, now we have a 60-year-old guy playing off the Vance boning furniture thing. Rubio making a remark about Trump’s penis is the go to political play these days. And members of both parties embrace it. I don’t know if there’s going back to boring policy candidates. Eventually it’s going to be Logan Paul vs Mr Beast telling voters to smash that ballot checkbox.

I don't feel that gloomy tbh. Trump only won 8 years ago because he was running against Hilary and voters said to themselves "fuck this". If Trump's rise was a sign of a new, dumber America, he wouldn't have been crushed in 2020.