A Kamala Loss is a Defeat for the Regime
Tuesday, in theory, will conclude the 2024 presidential election, one of the most bizarre in American political history. From inner-party coups to assassination attempts, Kamala’s Brat summer social media trend to Trump’s courting of comedian podcasts, the campaign cycle has been saturated with the unconventional. It has, of course, also seen its expected share of shallow political rhetorical rhetoric and general economic illiteracy, which are the cornerstones of modern democracy.
The general superficial nature of mainstream political discourse, though, should not distract us from recognizing foundational truths about this particular contest.
Kamala Harris, even by the standards of her contemporary peers, is not a serious person. Most of her relatively brief 2024 presidential campaign has been spent publicly distancing and reversing herself from positions that she held way, way back in 2020, in the rare moments that she has been asked about policy substance. The attempt to position her as a “candidate of change” while owing her position of nominee entirely to serving as vice president the last four years would strain the rhetorical abilities of even the most clever politician. She is clearly not in that category.
Still, however, we enter a general election contest in what is perceived to be an extremely close race for a very simple reason: she is the candidate of the regime, and the regime is playing to win.
Donald Trump, of course, is a candidate with his own laundry list of flaws, particularly from anyone who holds libertarian political values and and a respect for sound economics. He is also the most persecuted major political figure in decades, with his political enemies manufacturing the most absurd legal charges to brand him a felon and threaten his liberty.
Though portrayed as a “radical” and an “extremist” by the usual political pundits, the most vali
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