• dynamoMaus@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    Most? Isn’t that what peoples vote means? I think your fucking house is on fire. Ours too by the way.

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      Isn’t that what peoples vote means?

      Assuming the elections here weren’t tampered with, yes. But in this case, it’s pretty obvious that there was clearly shit going on to produce the election results that Trump wanted.

      Also, the elections here are pretty much a choice between a shit sandwich and a turd sandwich because of the two-party system that has been the standard for decades. 3rd party candidates are basically shunned and seen as a wasted vote. Because of this, a big majority of the voting population just doesn’t vote because they feel like their voice isn’t heard anyways.

      Then take into account that critical thinking wasn’t ever taught in schools, tribalism, propaganda, and people just plain trying to survive and put food on their table unless they are wealthy thanks to “trickle down economics”.

      Pretty obvious how we got here, the house is on fire, the garage is torched, and both neighbors’ houses are about to go up in flames. The neighbors are outside screaming at the house that’s on fire because the people inside are the firefighters and too busy trying eat instead of escaping and putting out the fire.

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        But in this case, it’s pretty obvious that there was clearly shit going on to produce the election results that Trump wanted.

        You mean besides the usual voter roll culling in red states, Trump discouraging mail-in ballots and Elmo promising million-USD prizes to voters?

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      We’re all burning just one of us is burning a little faster.

      I hope that European consumer boycotts work. It won’t be easy but I hope it creates the waves needed for our corporate overlords to start paying off politicians to allow better relationships between the EU and USA. But one can only hope.