American Decency Still Lives

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American Decency Still Lives

February 6, 2026 at 7:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/06/american-decency-still-lives/

Paul Krugman: “For much of Trump’s first year in office many Democrats were reluctant to challenge his immigration policies, because their defeat in 2024 was widely seen as in part a response to surging immigration during the Biden years. Until recently, Democrats tried to keep the national conversation focused on affordability and Trump’s obvious failure to deliver on his promises to bring grocery prices way down.”

“While the Democratic strategy was an understandable response to a shattering electoral defeat, it rested on a cynical and nihilistic view of American voters: that they couldn’t be trusted to vote against a party that reveled in inflicting cruelty and injustice as long as the price of gasoline fell.”

“But recent events refute this nihilistic cynicism. Yes, Americans still name the economy as the most important political issue. But moral outrage over the Trump administration’s brutality (and its corruption, but that’s a subject for another post) has exploded as a political force over the past two months.”

[Bluestocking]

1. One third of Americans are decent empathetic people

The rest only care if it affects them personally

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2. I would say 2/3rds are empathetic.

[Bluestocking]

3. If that were true Harris would be President

I am sticking with one third

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5. I was thinking of this poll where 65% think ICE has gone too far.

65% say ICE has gone too far is what I was thinking of.
5:41 PM
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220998243

But of course a big group voted for Trump. Could it be the humanity of some Trump voters was exploited to turn them cold, and now, with Trump corruption, social safety net being destroyed and Democracy being destroyed they found their humanity again? Not the 39% who always stick with Trump but the others.