The only problem I have with this line of reasoning is it implies a level of being in touch with the populace that [whatever you want to call the bad guys here] just haven't had up until vivek enter the race... One of the reasons that, even though I didn't plan on voting for him, I thought he was useful to the movement, was he moved the overton window aggressively in the direction of maga, in a way that doesn't really align with the way the [bad guys here] always seemed to want to pull things back, just a little bit.
Even with Desantis, whom I think got set up for failure to kneecap trump, there's still that career politician stink that I just can get out of my nose...
I could be wrong, of course, but it's a big plothole that needs to be filled...
it implies a level of being in touch with the populace that [they] just haven't had up until....
Not necessarily. It can also be explained by desperation. If they have been squeezed into a corner, if the only possible potential they have to edge out DJT is to field someone like DJT but who isn't, because his ideas and thinking and message is so darned popular that nothing else gets traction.
Step by step, over the past 3 years, their room for maneuver in terms of political messaging has been decimated.
I agree that he may have been useful. And that is how game theory works. If you have the upper hand in a game of chess, for example, you can narrow the opponents choices to such an extent that the moves he makes actually help you and undermine his own objectives.
In chess, of course, once the opponent realizes that, he normally resigns.
Is this the current state of the game? Whatever the [bad guys] Deep State / Cabal does, they end up helping Trump and the movement towards freedom.... Raid him? His popularity goes up. Prosecute him? More people in the middle side with him. More and more lawsuits? His wins caucuses without even showing up. Run pseudo-candidates against him? His qualities shine out even more.
#Q3673
How many coincidences before mathematically impossible?
It was over before it began.
nah, that's fair. Game theory's one of the bigger game-related channels, and it was weird when you watch his "retirement" video. There's been a lot of speculation about why, and it could be nothing, but it just seems...off somehow. =/
guy hasn't been the largest critic of youtube, but he's definitely pushed back a little bit here and there, and between the timing and the way he acts like someone twisted his arm, you can't help but wonder...
The only problem I have with this line of reasoning is it implies a level of being in touch with the populace that [whatever you want to call the bad guys here] just haven't had up until vivek enter the race... One of the reasons that, even though I didn't plan on voting for him, I thought he was useful to the movement, was he moved the overton window aggressively in the direction of maga, in a way that doesn't really align with the way the [bad guys here] always seemed to want to pull things back, just a little bit.
Even with Desantis, whom I think got set up for failure to kneecap trump, there's still that career politician stink that I just can get out of my nose...
I could be wrong, of course, but it's a big plothole that needs to be filled...
Not necessarily. It can also be explained by desperation. If they have been squeezed into a corner, if the only possible potential they have to edge out DJT is to field someone like DJT but who isn't, because his ideas and thinking and message is so darned popular that nothing else gets traction.
Step by step, over the past 3 years, their room for maneuver in terms of political messaging has been decimated.
I agree that he may have been useful. And that is how game theory works. If you have the upper hand in a game of chess, for example, you can narrow the opponents choices to such an extent that the moves he makes actually help you and undermine his own objectives.
In chess, of course, once the opponent realizes that, he normally resigns.
Is this the current state of the game? Whatever the [bad guys] Deep State / Cabal does, they end up helping Trump and the movement towards freedom.... Raid him? His popularity goes up. Prosecute him? More people in the middle side with him. More and more lawsuits? His wins caucuses without even showing up. Run pseudo-candidates against him? His qualities shine out even more.
#Q3673
completely off-topic, but did you hear about matpat "retiring"? kinda sad on it's own, but something weird about that one...
Had to netsearch matpat.
Haven't played PC games for years, except for angband, which I returned to after about 12+ years, over a boring holiday season.
nah, that's fair. Game theory's one of the bigger game-related channels, and it was weird when you watch his "retirement" video. There's been a lot of speculation about why, and it could be nothing, but it just seems...off somehow. =/
guy hasn't been the largest critic of youtube, but he's definitely pushed back a little bit here and there, and between the timing and the way he acts like someone twisted his arm, you can't help but wonder...