Will Political Gamers go silent now that Trump is out?

It never has as much activity in non-presidential election years. It will slow down a lot but still see activity.

You'll see little activity during periods like now, a lame duck session. You'll see increased activity during periods of significant legislation, turmoil, and Scotus decisions. That's ok, most people are fortunate enough to let politics fade into the background most of the time.

It seems to be the case already.

I'm ready for a more quiet less crazy next 4 years hopefully.

I don't personally intend to support everything Biden does just because he's a Democrat.

The underbelly that spawned Trump will continue to exist to breed conflict.

The culture war will keep it alive.

We'll find something to be mad about, Trump or no Trump.

The political culture is more divided than since the civil war. We're at each others throats.

See?

It's just a matter that if people want to admit that and talk about it, or pretend that this "national healing" is real. I think it's the latter. People here want to pretend politics is "back to normal", even if reality couldn't be further from that

America isn't returning.

Social media has accelerated its division.

These people literally think anybody on the left is a commie thanks to the vocal minority of woke culture. Conservatives constantly feed their base with one side of the left, and the left does the same with the right. Social media has made this new type of propaganda work.

It's come to the point that people against the left now believe democrats are all like this too, despite democrats being mostly moderate with their politics.

That's the thing I think moderates are going to get a rude awakening on. Biden isn't nearly as divisive as Trump or Obama, so they may think all the BS is over with and we can heal and return to normal. Nuh-uh.

Something tells me Trump is not going to fade from the spotlight and will be discussed. I suspect he's going to up his obnoxiousness to level 11, and the media cannot help themselves. It's good business.

BLM started rising under the Obama admistration so I think they'll have plenty of more racial and cultural division to handle with than they did in 2012-2016. Democrats do a pretty piss poor job at addressing it too.

He'll fade. Just depends on how quickly. In the meantime I suggest we educate teenagers on economics, government, etc.

@LJS9502_basic: Just about. All personality cults fade when the leader is exposed, it just takes time. Now we're just waiting for the next.

@Gaming-Planet You're not wrong there. There are large sections of Youtube, Twitter and Facebook that are DEDICATED to painting all Democrats as hardline communists or all Republicans as cross-burning nazis, and it's not going to get better any time soon, because this division is EXTREMELY profitable for social media companies (it drives engagement like you wouldn't believe).

Now, we're seeing the natural evolution of this, with several platforms being made exclusively to be right-wing partisan safe spaces (Parler, Gab, Bitchute, etc). I fully expect left-wing safe space networks to follow if these prove profitable.

@mattbbpl: Didn't he gut the Open Skies treaty? Even without giving Congress 4 months warning or something.

I think alot will slow down now that it's over, but it won't be the same. The division that's been promoted the last 4 years will take years to heal. I've noticed Trumps supporters on various social media outlets slowly fade back as judges throw out voter fraud cases left and right due to lack of evidence. But the division will still be there. The unsubstantiated claims still undermines the voting process and casts doubt, which is a super dangerous move just to save face from the fact that Trump lost.

Now it will just be similar to the late 2000's, where racists hated and bitched about Obama's actions while he cleans up Bush's mess and tries to divert and impending depression. But now he also has to heal divisions of people, along with tensions with foreign allies that have been escalated, along with the pandemic, while battling climate change, AND the fact that China, Russia, and Iran have all been giving the US and Europe the Middle finger while increasing production of WMD's and trying to establish themselves as dominate world superpowers. I hope Biden's administration is ready, because they have their work cut out for them.

Yes, he withdrew from that treaty.

Nah, there's been four years of pointing out the flaws in everything Trump has done.

So now it's the republicans turn to point and offer criticism when it comes to everything Biden does.

Not so tough.

I wonder if Biden can wear a tan suit. Or have dijon mustard on his burger.

No. Trump's brand of politics will continue on and as long as this country has problems and as long as the typical politics continue, from local and state to federal actions, this forum will continue on.

That and the Biden Administration is guaranteed to have its issues and cause angst among liberals and conservatives alike.

It's certain that if he wears a helmet while on a bicycle then it's a scandal.

Totally.

Same.

I'm already trying to be a bit more civil, a bit more tolerant of the outrageous. Not going to jump down people's throats for being bigots any more, hopefully they'll go scurrying back to the cracks in the walls where they were before Trump took power.

Yep, I fully expect a return of the far-right in 2024...more realistically, we will start seeing campaigning in 2023 and even 2022.

A lot of the healing will depend on where Congress stands, how much bipartisan stuff will get done, and whether or not the GOP will try to work together with their peers or will literally try to sabotage everything simply because they can.

My biggest concern right now is exactly that: the GOP as a whole. Were they simply toeing the line, or will they be obstructionists?

At least a third of Republican politicians at all levels have outed themselves as true flakes and nutjobs. I am sure there lots on the Democrat side too. But the more mainstream Republicans need to take their party back and rid themselves of the trash and sycophants that acquired some degree of real power and influence these past 4 years.

QAnon adherents are elected members of congress. Think about that. Or think about the reject who is Attorney General in Texas filing to the supreme court today to invalidate the results in 4 other states. These people don't just have different political views, they are complete fruit loops.

What do you mean "exposed"? Trump has been exposed since day 1. The more he comes out and reveals his true nature, the more people encircle and embolden their support for him. I've never seen anything like it....it's like the worse Trump becomes, the more he is loved.

Trump supporters know full well what they're supporting, nothing is hidden.

Ummmm...Trumps not out yet. Stop being brainwashed by the media kids.

He's out in 43 days............

Trump is a lame duck and his political capital is almost non-existant. The world is moving on with Biden.

I've never seen any president just stop working before.............but as little as he did before.........he's doing less now. Pathetic!

Trump lost the election, and he is consistently losing his legal challenges to the election (including a unanimous loss at the Supreme Court just now).

Trump will continue to lie about it, because idiots keep donating hundreds of millions of dollars for him to "fight" it. He puts on a little song and dance and profits from it.

But...no, it's time to wake up. There never was any election fraud. Trump simply lost the election, in the single most embarrassing way in US history. If you believe there was election fraud, you have been brainwashed by conspiracy theories, and I sincerely hope you one day realise Trump's con.

There'd have to be a literal coup in the EC (iirc they still have to actually cast their ballots) for Trump to win, and I don't think that would ever happen.

Hopefully before he donates, if he hasn't already.

To the outside world, certainly, but it takes something HUGE for the actual cult members to wake up. It's kinda like NXIVM, where many of those cultists stayed on until Keith Raniere was dragged through the coals.

Like some members of NXIVM, there will be some Trump cultists that never come to their senses, but most people will soon move on, now that Trump has been shown not to be the world-moving, invincible savior they thought he was.

Now hold on, Trump is working hard right now...

Working hard to overthrow an election.

While you aren't wrong :P

Political capital means his ability to influence policy. It always baffled me how Republicans dont use their political honeymoon period, where political capital is at its highest, to rig future elections in their favor. The issue of Voter Fraud always only seem to appear on election year... curious. Surely if it was such a big issue, this would be worth looking into more than just election year. It's almost like it is just voter suppression.

But for as baffled as I am, I am also grateful that they don't.

@Maroxad: Just as Republicans still want illegal immigrants to come in. They can't say it out loud. Otherwise who will help out on the farms and provide cheap labour?

You mean the jobs that have already largely been replaced by machines, robots, and automation? It ain't illegals doing those jobs as the fake news suggests, it's these guys doing it.

@eoten: Glad to see they updated their tech. The case I read about some weeks ago probably was from 2005 or so.

@Maroxad: To their credit, the GOP understands that being TOO obvious in their attempts to take power will damage them too. The game benefits them as well, in the end. That, and more than a little bit of the GOP at the lower level disagrees with the worst elements of their congress, as we see with the state-level governments.

@horgen: Trump just substituted all the undocumented at Mar-a-lago by cyborgs.

And btw

"More than 3 million migrant and seasonal farmworkers are estimated to be in the United States"

You say that as if Trump and his cult will be quiet. They'll be claiming election fraud until the day or dies or is voted back in.

Hopefully once he's gone he loses relevance and people move on. And I recommend we educate children better so they don't grow into adults that believe conspiracy theories.

Lol forgot about him using it so much there.

US Gen Z is already fucked, unfortunately. Teens are heavily conservative-leaning due to the videos put out by YouTubers recruiting them.

That doesn't seem to be the case per the Pew Research Center:

Within the GOP, Gen Zers have sharp differences with their elders

Among Republicans and those who lean to the Republican Party, there are striking differences between Generation Z and older generations on social and political issues. In their views on race, Gen Z Republicans are more likely than older generations of Republicans to say blacks are treated less fairly than whites in the U.S. today. Fully 43% of Republican Gen Zers say this, compared with 30% of Millennial Republicans and roughly two-in-ten Gen X, Boomer and Silent Generation Republicans. Views are much more consistent across generations among Democrats and Democratic leaners.

Similarly, the youngest Republicans stand out in their views on the role of government and the causes of climate change. Gen Z Republicans are much more likely than older generations of Republicans to desire an increased government role in solving problems. About half (52%) of Republican Gen Zers say government should do more, compared with 38% of Millennials, 29% of Gen Xers and even smaller shares among older generations. And the youngest Republicans are less likely than their older counterparts to attribute the earth’s warming temperatures to natural patterns, as opposed to human activity (18% of Gen Z Republicans say this, compared with three-in-ten or more among older generations of Republicans).

Overall, members of Gen Z look similar to Millennials in their political preferences, particularly when it comes to the upcoming 2020 election. Among registered voters, a January Pew Research Center survey found that 61% of Gen Z voters (ages 18 to 23) said they were definitely or probably going to vote for the Democratic candidate for president in the 2020 election, while about a quarter (22%) said they were planning to vote for Trump. Millennial voters, similarly, were much more likely to say they plan to support a Democrat in November than Trump (58% vs. 25%). Larger shares of Gen X voters (37%), Boomers (44%) and Silents (53%) said they plan to support President Trump.

I mean, I have my concerns of future generations and fake news media so there's that. Perhaps there'll be a sudden shift. That being said, now it's just a matter of getting people to vote so it's not just a bunch of old farts voting for more old farts with old fart ideas.

I don't know anyone that has gone from left to right.

I've definitely become more moderate in my age, especially relative to my college-know-it-all-hippie days where I was protesting against Bush Jr. I'm sick of SJW's and cancel-culture, but I'm still a left-leaning moderate.

But conservative and right wing? No. Those people aren't made, they're born. And frankly--and this is just speculation on my part--I feel a lot more people make the change from right to middle/left than they do from left to middle/right. Just look at all the places that went blue or have increases blue voters this past election.

GOP better be ready. I mean, I hope they aren't, and I think that's part of the reason they're fighting so desperately at this petty battle, but for their own sake they better modernize and become more moderate or else it's game over for them.