“I have a hard time believing that a majority of American voters re-elected a known crook.” Thus begins the post that Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) dedicated to the American presidential elections clearly won by Donald Trump.
«The cult that surrounds him» writes the musician «is undeniably reminiscent of the rise to power of a certain German tyrant in 1933. Regardless, what happened undoubtedly strengthens the agenda of the Klu Klux Klan and sets Christian fundamentalism in motion as outlined in Project 2025. So… seriously? Is this what the majority of the country has chosen? I feel decidedly disconnected, if not completely incredulous.”
Moore is certainly not the only musician who has expressed his opinion on the elections in recent hours. Cardi B posted “I hate you all”, to be precise “I hate y'all bad”. He also took it out on the Southern States, saying in a video that was later deleted, “this is why you have hurricanes.”
Bette Midler quoted the journalist and essayist Henry Louis Mencken: «As democracy is perfected, the office represents more and more closely the soul of the people. We move towards a high ideal. On some great and glorious day the common people will finally get their wish and the White House will be inhabited by a real idiot.”
The actress Lili Reinhart says she is shocked to have seen millions of people vote for a man guilty of sexual abuse, while Jamie Lee Curtis writes: «Fighting for women, for their children and for their future, fighting against tyranny, a day at a time. One fight at a time. One protest at a time. This is what it means to be American.”
“Why? Tell me why,” writes Christina Applegate. «My daughter is sobbing because her rights as a woman could be taken away. Why? And if you don't agree, please don't follow me.” For John Cusack “the fact that the country chooses to self-destruct by voting for a convicted rapist and Nazi is a sign of total nihilism, to put it mildly.” Rosanne Cash, musician and daughter of Johnny, writes that «I had a certain idea of America. I was wrong. But I still love that idea and maybe I'm just wrong in this historical moment.” And to the younger generations he says: «Resist what is coming. I am with you.”
The director of is also very tough Don't Look Up Adam McKay, but with the Democrats' strategy: «Who would have thought that lying for two years about Biden's cognitive abilities, refusing to have an open convention, never mentioning public healthcare and supporting fracking, the Cheneys and wouldn't a year-long massacre of children in Gaza have been a winning strategy?”
Tom Morello retweeted McKay and commented “he's not wrong” on anthropologist Jason Hickel's reflection: “All interpretations are correct, but they often miss the point. Yes, it was crazy for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate without a shred of progressive political vision, seeking the approval of the neocon war hawks everyone hates, while arming and financing a genocide, and belittling those he protested. It's galling that Democrats are so presumptuous and blind to all of this. But these are just symptoms. The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, it is dead.”
