Shortly after the election, I saw one twitter post from some moderately-large lib account blaming Kamala's loss on a "global wave of anti-incumbentism," as though such a thing could be a cause and not a symptom. As though it just randomly materializes out of the ether. "Yeah, this was just a tough year for incumbents. What do you mean 'why'? I don't know, I'm pretty sure everyone just randomly decided they hate whomever happens to be in office in their area for no particular reason."
Yup, that's the point. They're deflecting their own responsibility.
It's the same reason how "something happened" in the late 90's which saw crime, corruption, poverty, and housing costs to start spiking. They are wielding Obscurantism to keep the Overton Window from expanding as a result of facts.
They do the same thing when the economy is doing poorly. You'll hear people say, "the president and government can't really effect the economy", even if more than 30% GDP is from state spending. It's also useful to prevent people like Trump from taking credit for loosening regulations.
Shortly after the election, I saw one twitter post from some moderately-large lib account blaming Kamala's loss on a "global wave of anti-incumbentism," as though such a thing could be a cause and not a symptom. As though it just randomly materializes out of the ether. "Yeah, this was just a tough year for incumbents. What do you mean 'why'? I don't know, I'm pretty sure everyone just randomly decided they hate whomever happens to be in office in their area for no particular reason."
"One day, for no reason at all..." on a global scale.
Yup, that's the point. They're deflecting their own responsibility.
It's the same reason how "something happened" in the late 90's which saw crime, corruption, poverty, and housing costs to start spiking. They are wielding Obscurantism to keep the Overton Window from expanding as a result of facts.
They do the same thing when the economy is doing poorly. You'll hear people say, "the president and government can't really effect the economy", even if more than 30% GDP is from state spending. It's also useful to prevent people like Trump from taking credit for loosening regulations.