An Autopsy: The 2024 Election

The election of 2024 was strange. It had many odd elements that deserve investigation. While the media tells us this was about the economy and vibes, it was about much more. Norms were one of the issues in this election. Or, to be more precise, breaking norms on such a fundamental level left many of us disoriented as the terrain shifted under us.

It’s also about media capture. It’s about social media and disinformation.

It was not just about the price of eggs. However, that played a minor role, at least in my view. The irony is that eggs will go up, perhaps way up, not down, anytime soon. As is, deflation is a bad thing that usually happens in depressions. Could we be heading towards a depression? It’s a worse case scenario.

Some of the policies in Project 2025 will get us into a bad recession, perhaps a depression. So the next election should be over a terrible economy. But as the sun rises in the East, Republicans will blame Democrats for this. It’s been a pattern since at least the 1980s.

So feel free to save this. Once the deportations begin and the tariffs hit, Joe Biden will be blamed. Never mind — this is trickle-down economics with a…