General Discussion

In order to believe that the 2024 election was this blatantly and obviously stolen, one must necessarily believe that the entire Democratic Party, from Joe Biden on down, was too stupid, too cowardly, or too unconcerned to say or do a damn thing about it. One must necessarily believe that Kamala Harris herself was too stupid, too cowardly, or too unconcerned to contest the results of the election.

One must believe that some rando in his home office stumbled across evidence of a vast and sinister conspiracy while Joe Biden, with all the power of the various intelligence agencies at his beck and call, either couldn't find this obvious evidence of foul play or was aware of it and simply decided to do nothing about it. One must believe that Kamala Harris, his Vice President, the person who was cheated out of her rightful win, meekly conceded defeat rather than standing up and fighting for what she knew to be right.

It does not stand up to logical scrutiny. It just doesn't.

I get the impulse to believe that the election was stolen, I really do. Believing that the election was stolen allows us to sidestep the unpleasant reality, which is that a truly depressing number of Americans wanted the orange shitbag back in office.

More important, though, is that falling into the trap of wishful thinking is dangerous in that it encourages us to forego examining the lessons to be learned from the loss.