This is how I thought about it too, but I also felt like the field was so incredibly limp in 2020, and the energy building up over the course of the Trump years would result in a righting a historic wrong in the universe. I remember in 2019 we were laughing at how deranged and unlikable Biden sounded on camera, how phony Warren came off, how mediocre Amy and Pete were, and the rest of the hacks in that contest. It felt like there was a legitimate chance. After seeing the first few ST states roll in, I couldn’t sleep. I remember sitting in a meeting the next day and one of my coworkers asking me later that they noticed something was up, but I couldn’t really articulate the feelings I had. It was really the last time I had any actual hope that things would get better, and then covid happened and I was fully radicalized.
Yeah, agreed. It stung at the time of course, but I’ve come to accept and learn just how entrenched Americans are in their twisted (to put it politely) exceptionalism, and how the system is designed to stifle meaningful, material change. Still would’ve been nice to have instead of…this.
Also lmao I forgot to include Kamala in my initial post. Just proves the point that the rest of the field were virtually indistinguishable and how lame she was.
