• @[email protected]
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    462 days ago

    The American people failed.

    This was fucking advertised. This was chosen. This was voted for.

    Stupidest populous on earth.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 days ago

      How is any of this “chosen” when everything is gerrymandered and rigged?

      Our biggest fault was being the frog who stayed in the water while it was heating up. We have just slowly been giving up freedoms with a little fuss but not enough to matter. We need to learn to say no firmly and with conviction.

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        Any obstacles to electing someone else could have easily been overcome.

        If “Did Not Vote” was a candidate:

        This was completely preventable.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 days ago

        Gerrymandering doesn’t exist in your presidential election.

        The majority of Americans supports - or at the very least is neutral towards - Trump. You can blame this on a lot of factors such as misinformation and lack of education but this doesn’t change the general attitude.

          • @[email protected]
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            52 days ago

            The electoral college has bias towards states with lower populations but it’s not gerrymandering.

            Gerrymandering is specifically drawing district borders to guarantee victory with a minority of votes.

            The US presidential election would be gerrymandered if some states decided to go through mitosis to get more electoral votes for their party.

        • Drusas
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          12 days ago

          Something like 49% of eligible voters voted for Trump. And many eligible voters don’t vote. So no, factually, you are incorrect. A lot of people here are too poor to give a shit about politics and are completely unengaged.

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            22 days ago

            Many eligble voters don’t vote

            People who don’t vote either cannot vote due to discrimination or don’t vote because they are neutral towards the winner:

            Overall, 10% of Americans are what we call Bystanders, or the politically disengaged, according to Pew Research Center’s Political Typology report. None of this cohort say they’re registered to vote, and none say they follow government and public affairs most of the time.

            https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/07/07/1-in-10-americans-dont-give-a-hoot-about-politics/

            If you don’t care about politics, you are not opposed to Trump.

      • Drusas
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        22 days ago

        Anyone downvoting you is an idiot. This is exactly the situation the American people have been in.

    • Drusas
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      32 days ago

      I’m with you until the last sentence. Fewer than 50% of American voters voted for Trump.