I think a lot of people genuinely believed the "adults back in the room" premise, that Trump was just some evil curse laid on the land, and as soon as he was removed Rhyme & Reason would reign once more
Instead—everything got worse. Everywhere. Very jarring to the psyche
Instead—everything got worse. Everywhere. Very jarring to the psyche
Afghanistan debacle, vax doesn't end the plague, food/gas prices up, crime up, mass inflation, schools hiring drag queens
Quality of life decreasing in every single layer of life. Can't point to a *single thing* that's gotten better. Even devoted copers have nothing to cope with
Quality of life decreasing in every single layer of life. Can't point to a *single thing* that's gotten better. Even devoted copers have nothing to cope with
Things were supposed to go back to normal with this one simple trick
Instead every part of it collapsed in a way that's never happened in my lifetime
This has essentially "scared the hoes," except the hoes are "every halfway normal person"
Instead every part of it collapsed in a way that's never happened in my lifetime
This has essentially "scared the hoes," except the hoes are "every halfway normal person"
One of the deepest human traits is the ability to lie to yourself and believe it, but when you've clung to this idea, this psychological life preserver, for 6+ years, and then it's yanked out from underneath you like this—*that's* how you get yanked out of the dream
So there isn't a specific event that changed the vibe
It's that the narrative, for a great many people, got shattered. This is violence to the brain. One of the very, very rare times when people get spooked enough to reassess what's real and what was just part of the dream
It's that the narrative, for a great many people, got shattered. This is violence to the brain. One of the very, very rare times when people get spooked enough to reassess what's real and what was just part of the dream
Thing about dreams is they end, you wake up and think "Oh yeah none of that actually happened." But when you're shocked out of a narrative, all of these things are still happening
And you no longer have any idea why. You find yourself living in a real-life horror movie
And you no longer have any idea why. You find yourself living in a real-life horror movie
In the first act of a horror movie, things are a bit weird, but characters brush it off, things *must* still be normal
In the second act, it becomes rapidly clear that they're not—and that the powers who were supposed to stop this thing, can't. They're no longer even there
In the second act, it becomes rapidly clear that they're not—and that the powers who were supposed to stop this thing, can't. They're no longer even there
The Trump Era was the first act. We're now into the second. When people start to look around, and say, out loud, even if it might make them sound stupid, "All right, normal is gone—and no one in charge is going to put it back for us"
That's the moment when the Vibe Shifts
That's the moment when the Vibe Shifts
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