Marco Arment

chipping away the institutions that try to make life better for everybody in service of making life better for a small number of people while everyone else suffers. And part of that is convincing most of the population to vote for you to do that by feeding them information that makes them think that what they're doing is in their own interest when it really isn't.

chipping away the institutions that try to make life better for everybody in service of making life better for a small number of people while everyone else suffers. And part of that is convincing most of the population to vote for you to do that by feeding them information that makes them think that what they're doing is in their own interest when it really isn't.

And we will obviously disagree on that, but every time I even think about the idea of, like,

And we will obviously disagree on that, but every time I even think about the idea of, like,

talking to somebody and trying to convince them of my political position i think of like the the uh the concept of trying to you know speaking of going back in time i'm gonna go back in time to the 1800s or uh in america and trying to convince somebody that women should have the right to vote i don't think like i if you really want to understand like another depressing uh thing that uh people are upset about um

talking to somebody and trying to convince them of my political position i think of like the the uh the concept of trying to you know speaking of going back in time i'm gonna go back in time to the 1800s or uh in america and trying to convince somebody that women should have the right to vote i don't think like i if you really want to understand like another depressing uh thing that uh people are upset about um

Like, do you think you could go and convince somebody that women should have the right to vote in the 1800s? How difficult would that be? Presumably you believe it. You're a modern person. You're like, of course women should have the right to vote. It's stupid, right? Now go back in time to the 1800s and try to convince literally one person that that should be true.

Like, do you think you could go and convince somebody that women should have the right to vote in the 1800s? How difficult would that be? Presumably you believe it. You're a modern person. You're like, of course women should have the right to vote. It's stupid, right? Now go back in time to the 1800s and try to convince literally one person that that should be true.

And everything you say, they will have a comeback to, and it will just, your brain will explode. You're like, but, but, and they'll be like, it's ridiculous. Women should vote. What's next? Dogs voting? Doesn't make any sense, right? That's how a lot of us feel trying to say maybe don't vote for Trump. But people did it.

And everything you say, they will have a comeback to, and it will just, your brain will explode. You're like, but, but, and they'll be like, it's ridiculous. Women should vote. What's next? Dogs voting? Doesn't make any sense, right? That's how a lot of us feel trying to say maybe don't vote for Trump. But people did it.

And trying to convince them makes my brain explode in the same way that trying to convince someone in the 1800s that women should vote would explode. There's nothing you can say to convince them. They have a completely sealed, completely logical, completely sensible, functioning, like Margo said, worldview that does not include the idea of women voting.

And trying to convince them makes my brain explode in the same way that trying to convince someone in the 1800s that women should vote would explode. There's nothing you can say to convince them. They have a completely sealed, completely logical, completely sensible, functioning, like Margo said, worldview that does not include the idea of women voting.

It took, you know, decades and decades of people fighting for it for us to finally get that done. And these days, I often think that we would never get a constitutional amendment to give rights to a minority group just because our current system of government has been so degraded that that will literally never happen because as long as one side doesn't like it, it's never going to happen.

It took, you know, decades and decades of people fighting for it for us to finally get that done. And these days, I often think that we would never get a constitutional amendment to give rights to a minority group just because our current system of government has been so degraded that that will literally never happen because as long as one side doesn't like it, it's never going to happen.

Anyway, I've rambled on too long. I just wanted to explain, try to explain to the three people still listening, why people you know might be sad in a way that doesn't make sense to you and seems dumb. I understand why it seems dumb, but I want you to know that It's not just people overreacting or being overly dramatic.

Anyway, I've rambled on too long. I just wanted to explain, try to explain to the three people still listening, why people you know might be sad in a way that doesn't make sense to you and seems dumb. I understand why it seems dumb, but I want you to know that It's not just people overreacting or being overly dramatic.

For those of us on this side of the aisle, the two Trump elections feel different. I think they should feel different to any other human being. And I think across the globe, they do feel different to most human beings, but not apparently for half of the voters in this country.

For those of us on this side of the aisle, the two Trump elections feel different. I think they should feel different to any other human being. And I think across the globe, they do feel different to most human beings, but not apparently for half of the voters in this country.

We're starting tonight with violence, I see.

We're starting tonight with violence, I see.