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The progressive base will definitely know. They’re already aware. So, that’s your 15-20% right there. And if the mainstream media actually covers the Democratic primary, then people will know in general. But if the latter doesn’t happen, there are still waves to be made. And Marianne has quite a few powerful and famous connections that she can utilize. And she can drum up even more anti-establishment support by publicly calling out the media’s establishment bias. You underestimate how much appeal outsiders who challenge the system have in the eyes of many mainstream Americans.

She may not win, but I’m fairly confident that she’ll easily get 15-20%. Mark my words and anticipate the eventual “I told you so.” ? Do you really think the progressive base will vote Biden in the primary when they have a guilt-free choice to vote for Marianne?

First off, Marianne Williamson is very charismatic herself. You just might not yet be familiar with her enough to know that because you only saw her in a primary where she ran against 20 other people. And two of her competitors were Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who are higher profile progressive candidates. So, even people who would have liked to have voted Marianne in the 2020 primary (like myself), would have instead voted for Bernie because he was the best shot at getting a progressive to the White House. But I’m super thrilled that I get to vote for her this time around without it cannibalizing the votes of another progressive in the primary. Also, Obama’s whole campaign was about hope and change. He didn’t run as a moderate middle of the road politician. Many people saw the changes he would bring as very progressive, even though he is an establishment Democrat. It seems laughable now, but in 2008 many people thought that Obama would be this watershed political moment that changed the fundamental nature of American politics. It wasn’t. But people were very moved by the promise of change. And Marianne can drum up that same support base. The target audience of people clamoring for change is already there. And Marianne Williamson will definitely get more support that Yang did because it’s only her versus Biden. And unlike in 2020, she isn’t competing against Bernie for the progressive vote. So, most of the progressive base will vote for her in the primary. And all she has to do is rile up the anti-establishment voters and the progressive base. My prediction is that she’ll get at least 15-20% of the vote in the primary. And even more if she campaigns well. Now, you may be right. But only time will tell. Betcha $5 that she gets at least 20% of the vote in the primary. ?

@Optimized Life Why would a very attractive woman want to be with a guy who values women’s looks so much that he would kill himself if he doesn’t get a hot girlfriend? Just think about what you’re bringing to the table here… and more specifically what you’re not bringing to the table. A beautiful woman wants (more than most women) to be valued for who she is… and not what she looks like. And if a man generally isn’t able to appreciate the beauty of women who are of similar levels of physical attractiveness to himself, it indicates that he probably has some maturing to do. And it also indicates that he has a shallow understanding of beauty in general. Someone who truly values beauty and has a refined palette for it, would be able to recognize beauty in things that most people don’t see as beautiful. It’s easy to find beauty in a supermodel. Everyone can do it. But can you find beauty in the cracks on the sidewalk or an old dusty book store or the lines on a person’s face? This is how an attractive woman longs to be appreciated. So, again… why would a very attractive woman go for the type of guy who’s so focused on her looks, when she has so many other options?

One thing that I would say about all this is that the lines between Fascism and Conservatism have been deliberately blurred by the tactics of those in Fascist movements. So, you won’t find any hard lines. And that’s by design. And these lines will only get blurrier and blurrier as Fascism gains more of a foothold in the mainstream discourse. It creates a situation where you can’t name out Fascism as it’s happening without it sounding hyperbolic to most people. And it also makes it look like you’re demonizing average Conservatives. And yet, if you don’t call a spade a spade when it comes to Fascism, it can get really ugly. Most people don’t recognize Fascism when they see it. So, it’s a pickle.

This is exactly how I see it

Sorry about the putting my replies inside the box. I like to respond bit by bit. But it does get in the way of others responding to me. But what you’re saying now in the post above contradicts what you said before about her being like Margaret Thatcher. And Marianne does have a fiery spirit. If you were familiar with her, you would know that. Also, Democrats will all vote for her if she makes it to the general, even the ones that prefer Biden in the primary… and she’d energize independents and non-voters to come out to the polls.

You don’t know that what you experienced in astral was a reflection of truth. So, it’s unwise to frame it as such. 10,000 street preachers have shared their doomsday visions to no avail. And they got so many people up in a tizzy who believed them because they said it authoritatively.

Biden will probably win the Democratic nomination. But if Marianne bests Biden in the primary (and that’s definitely an ‘if’), I think she will have an equal or larger turnout compared to Biden in the general. And that’s because her winning the primary would indicate that she’s energized non-voters to come to the polls.

Yes. Many have called her Reagan in a dress.

Why Margaret Thatcher? ?‍♀️ Margaret Thatcher is basically the British female version of Ronald Reagan.

That’s pretty old news. But I understand what you’re saying. Americans can support stupid candidates. But Americans also supported Barrack Obama because of his progressive messaging about hope. And I think Marianne can drum up a similar type of support.

In case any U.S. citizens want to contribute to her campaign… https://secure.actblue.com/donate/marwilliamson2024

Don’t phrase this like you know it for sure. It’s irresponsible to share your vision this way.

Not necessarily so. You mostly do it through Populist messaging that people resonate with. In the 2016 election, Donald Trump ran his campaign on bringing back jobs and draining the swamp. He also threw some demagoguery in there to galvanize the racists in his base. But silly as it seems, probably 1/2 or more of 2016 Trump supporters voted for him because they saw him as an anti-establishment outsider that was going to come in and fix things. And in 2020, he lost because the Rust Belt went to Biden when he didn’t deliver on his promises and stopped the fake Populist messaging. Marianne could leverage her campaign similarly because she too is an outsider.

I honestly think she has a Bernie Sanders level of potential. Only time will tell though. There’s a small possibility that she could even best him at galvanizing his base and beyond because she understands at a deep level the way that optics, coalition building, and creating political movements work… while Bernie could be a bit strong headed about things like that for better and for worse. Like Bernie was easier to besmirch as a Communist because he was always talking about being a Democratic Socialist. And so, this was a huge bug-a-boo for a lot of the people I spoke to when canvassing for him. And I can see her do very well at painting a simple vision for the general constituency on the level that most can receive it.

She was saying in an interview that her goal in running for president is primarily to bring attention to issues and policy proposals that aren’t addressed in mainstream politics and to put them more inside the Overton Window. In a similar way to how Bernie’s presidential runs didn’t lead to victory. But now, so many more people are awake to things like single payer healthcare and the issues with money in politics. Basically, if she wins, she wins. And if she loses, she wins. And so does society at large.

I see it a bit like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. It’s order-chaos-order again The caterpillar was like traditional conservative values. Stage Blue. Things had an order to them that people could understand and follow. And then the cocoon phase is the phase we’re in now. This is where the regenerative chaos comes in coupled with degenerative chaos. In the cocoon, the caterpillar totally deconstructs and dissolves into a chaotic primordial goo. This is what the individualistic nature of Stage Orange and the post-modern nature of Stage Green is meant to do to old traditions surrounding the pre-industrial agrarian ethos. It’s meant to deconstruct them and take them apart. And then, from the chaotic primordial goo, the butterfly starts to develop and gestate in Stage Green. And a new and more complex order emerges eventually from the cocoon… probably in later intonations of Green. But to hasten this process, those who have already oriented to the new order because of their own independent consciousness work practice, must find ways to help people who are in the primordial goo of chaos by giving them something ordered to move toward. Unfortunately, the only ones who are currently helping people out of the primordial goo of chaos are the ones who are advocating for us to go back to the caterpillar phase. This is Jordan Peterson in a nutshell. It’s why he’s so popular because he gives an antidote to chaos (unfortunately one that won’t work because you can’t resurrect the caterpillar from the goo). But we need to give people a vision for what the new order of the butterfly looks like.

Yes, I agree with all that. My point is that it wouldn’t necessarily explain the discrepancy between liberal girls and other demographics as it pertains to depression. My thought is that Tik Tok and social media use would be equivalent across teen demographics