seems like some of this too. in terms of laypeople, anyone intelligent or morally sound has been leaving the left in droves since the mid 2010's. particularly since the 2016 election. 2020 was a hail marry / shoot the king type move with covid lockdowns for dems to corruptly seize power. i suspect at that point, they only had aging competent people at the top, and nepobabies among anyone younger than obama. kamala as vp was obviously a blunder when joe off the cuff commented that he'd pick a woman of color. that was discussed at the time as likely a fuck up that locked them into kamala. given how long they tried to make it work with joe, it was obvious the people in charge did not think kamala was viable, and only exited joe when they absolutely had to. joe's obviously pissed about it. seems like the powers at be have been squabbling behind the curtain. so yeah, i suspect most of the powerful people have been cashing in their chips and getting out, leaving nothing but a circus of nepo babies with disproportionate power in charge. if they were competent, we'd be living in a hopelessly-tyrannical slave state right now. thank god these dei hires and nepo babies are incompetent, and let's hope they don't pull off another steal.   for sure. even i suggested it was only "a chance" at the time. but back then, everyone acted like you were out of your mind for suggesting that.
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