40 years ago, when I was just 7 years old, my Great-grandmother planted words I would grow up to remember. One of her tips of wisdom were, “Be the trusted person to respect and honor the man that has the bravery to cry in front of you.” I didn’t understand it at the time so she followed up with saying “Brave and honorable men are the ones that have the strength, wisdom, and honesty to cry.” She died later that same year so I hold all of her little moments with me very closely and with great detail.
For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.
Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.
1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.
2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.
3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.
4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.
5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.
6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.
7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.
8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.
9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.
10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.
@DogWitGat@DiogoCohea@BGatesIsaPyscho Isn't that exactly what they did in Ausie land to people who didn't want to be injected?
I would say get a grip, but if your side would do it, I guess it is reasonable for you to think that everyone else would do it too.
@the_jack_harper@clarus1215@TheBabylonBee Hit him with the old 'my brand is better than their brand' evangelism, I see. Proven to bring in the lost and not drive people away.
It's a bold strategy that never has negative consequences, I'm sure.
This is murder. This isn’t a right or a part of your freedom. This is the murder of innocent human life.
Anyone who can look at pictures of dead babies and claim that abortion is perfectly fine is lying to themselves. We all know this is wrong. Wake up.
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