Connecting Election Dots
F*ck a conspiracy theory, y’all, let’s just play connect the dots — for realz!
I don’t wanna add fuel to the fire. There’s plenty doin’ that. But I can’t help but see how damn foolish the thinking around that fool in office continues to be. I get it that people have their news targeted at them by a social media algorithm that understands people will gravitate to outlets that confirm their bias. I get it. But there’s certain things you gotta know even if you don’t follow the media (which I, frankly, don’t).
To steal an election, you need the money to finance the scheme, people capable of pulling off, and a ton of hutzpah. Now, Joe Biden has a key worth of about $10 million according to a 2019 Forbes article I was able to find in about two seconds. Forbes places Cheetos net worth (which is plummeting in recent years) at about two and a half billion. In case you are bad at math, like I am. That’s 25 times the wealth of his opponent.
Hilary, by the way, is worth about 120 million if you count Bill’s money too.
As far as personnel to get it done, sure it’s possible that Joe Biden has ties to someone out there with a media machine powerful enough to skew election results. If you point me to the evidence of that, I’ll be the first to be like damn, I didn’t know he had it in him. Joe’s son Hunter was alleged to have used some connections to his dad to curry favor from two businessmen—one in China and one in the Ukraine. I don't know that you could buy either of those countries'' assistance at that scale for the whole 10 million. For now, I’m gonna give Joe the benefit of the doubt.
The Don, on the other hand, plays a hefty financial role in economies in Ireland, Scotland, India, Turkey, China and Russia. Donald’s business dealings are international, giving him global influence. Grumpy’s chief election strategist (the first time around) was Steve Bannon, who was executive chairman of Breitbart media, a film producer, an investment broker and (what do you know) former Vice President of Cambridge Analytica, the British political consulting firm that got caught influencing hundreds of elections globally, most notoriously in the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
Sure being POTUS is one hell of a brass ring that takes a pretty big ego. Both of these guys had the nerve to wanna be president. But cheating to get it? Only one in this year's race (and the race four years ago) demonstrated the necessary ruthlessness, as well as a contempt for both the law and the political process. That’s not necessarily evidence of a willingness to completely overthrow the government by effectively stealing the election. You’d have to be pretty damn unscrupulous. I don't know the man well enough to accuse him of that.
I, personally, ain’t convinced it’s even possible to steal an election. Too many moving pieces. I don’t know sh*t about it. I do know that if I was a conspiracy theorist, prone to make connections where they didn’t exists, I’d have to be pretty thick to start with the Biden campaign. The numbers and the circumstances don't add up. As for the other guy...? That’s just me, though.
