What Matters More Than Biden's Speech

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What Matters More Than Biden’s Speech

January 19, 2021 at 1:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 25 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/19/what-matters-more-than-bidens-speech/

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John Harris: “More than three decades of experience shows us what does not work in unifying Americans: inspirational words.”

“Here’s what might work instead: substantive deeds at a moment when people urgently need government to work, no matter their political persuasion. This would not require Biden persuading people that it’s time to swear off the cultural warfare that fueled the Trump years. Instead it would involve making the fact that many Americans feel contempt toward one another less relevant.”

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1. Words matter

Haven’t we been chanting that mantra for months now? Even years?

Or maybe it’s that false words matter but sincere ones do not.

Both words and actions matter. Or are we just trying here to minimize Biden already?

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2. There is regression analysis out that says when people suffer

financial anxiety they think irrationally rather than rationally. Seems if they don't have a place in the middle class some will follow anything. We need to peel off the follower types from the pure evil types. Give them a good paying job and they will dream of a good retirement, maybe a cabin in the woods, rather than dream of the next Trump rally because thinking of their financial penury in retirement does not feel good and belonging to Trump does. We want them rational so they will be open to words.