Comment by mullingitover
6 days ago
I feel like it's important to enter this part of the cycle where the absolute worst people feel comfortable entering their most heinous takes into the permanent internet record under the delusion that the social pressure to be a good person has been defeated forever.
This is effectively putting the popcorn into the popper, but it won't be served until about ten years from now.
Trump won the popular vote; it's very hard, over the long term, to have strong social pressure from a minority over the majority.
The quote doesn't go "The arc of history is short and goes straight toward justice. Absolute downhill battle, frankly embarrassingly easy."