Not sure I agree with there being places "where we can assume cheating was relatively minor" but I too was surprised by how little effect the riots had. I don't think it had the opposite "fear of power" effect that you claim, it's just that many who wanted to fight back didn't see a point in voting where there is always a democrat supermajority anyway, so they didn't bother, perhaps deciding to flee the area instead if they had a business to take care of.
Also you can't have violent riots if the media refuse to report on it. People kind of on the left or Democrat side still believe the news. They listen to Michelle Obama saying it was a "summer of love" without laughing. In Minneapolis, for example, the news was reporting that white Aryan gangs are to blame for the violence. I know someone who bought a gun for the first time to defend their family against white supremacists. These people are hopeless.
It's not fear of power. It's submission to it. It's an abuse mentality. You feel safe when you convince the abuser that you're on their side while they are hitting someone else.
And if the Right was going to come out, they could have easily done so in anonymous voting. This is basically what happened in 2016. Tons of anti-Left people just said "fuck it" and voted Trump; not even sure if it would work.
Also you can't have violent riots if the media refuse to report on it. People kind of on the left or Democrat side still believe the news. They listen to Michelle Obama saying it was a "summer of love" without laughing. In Minneapolis, for example, the news was reporting that white Aryan gangs are to blame for the violence. I know someone who bought a gun for the first time to defend their family against white supremacists. These people are hopeless.
I agree that there's a lot of these people too, but these aren't the people I'm talking about. I'm not talking about the Rhode Island Leftists. I'm talking about the Kenosha Democrats.
Not sure I agree with there being places "where we can assume cheating was relatively minor" but I too was surprised by how little effect the riots had. I don't think it had the opposite "fear of power" effect that you claim, it's just that many who wanted to fight back didn't see a point in voting where there is always a democrat supermajority anyway, so they didn't bother, perhaps deciding to flee the area instead if they had a business to take care of.
Also you can't have violent riots if the media refuse to report on it. People kind of on the left or Democrat side still believe the news. They listen to Michelle Obama saying it was a "summer of love" without laughing. In Minneapolis, for example, the news was reporting that white Aryan gangs are to blame for the violence. I know someone who bought a gun for the first time to defend their family against white supremacists. These people are hopeless.
It's not fear of power. It's submission to it. It's an abuse mentality. You feel safe when you convince the abuser that you're on their side while they are hitting someone else.
And if the Right was going to come out, they could have easily done so in anonymous voting. This is basically what happened in 2016. Tons of anti-Left people just said "fuck it" and voted Trump; not even sure if it would work.
I agree that there's a lot of these people too, but these aren't the people I'm talking about. I'm not talking about the Rhode Island Leftists. I'm talking about the Kenosha Democrats.