A Wretched Hive

  I do a lot of analytics for work and sometimes I do them just because I enjoy using the tools. It helps me convey perspective. Here's one I created for the 2024 election. In a nutshell the majority of folks don't give a shit.

 Turns out that Blogger a long while ago changed the way it operates, so I can't even edit my old site. Here it is for reference.  https://awretchedhive.blogspot.com/

  When I was a teenager, I came up with a number that 85% of people were stupid. It was one of those cynical things that teens do. When I remembered that little piece of wisdom, I was comforted. Most people are stupid, it makes sense now. I’ve seen nothing to contradict that in 30 years. I’ve had some time to wrestle with the disappointing outcome of the Presidential election – that is, speaking on behalf of freedom and anti-fascism and anti-rapists and pro-choice and – Well, a lot of things. It was a bit of a shock that Trump won so convincingly. (I guess we’ll never get that really good deep dive into election fraud he promised?) I liked to think it would be close, that it would be an electoral win, not popular vote. No way. Wrong. I’m handling it a lot better than some. After all, I’m an old white man of privilege without a daughter. I’ll probably see a benefit from it financially. I think the controlled perception that the economy is bad (despite unprecedented strea...