• MacN'Cheezus
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    10 hours ago

    The majority voted for the candidate I don’t like. That means democracy is broken.

    Trump said the exact same thing in 2020 and was rightly condemned for it. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Get used to it.

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      9 hours ago

      He literally said you won’t need to vote again. Fucking brain-dead take there.

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        8 hours ago

        Threatening to use the armed forces against your political opponents is generally considered not a great sign for a democracy as well.

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        6 hours ago

        Sorry. Can’t upvote your post coz its on 66 and this really does give “execute order 66” vibes

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        8 hours ago

        If only we had any historical examples from, say, the past century, showing that the way to stop fascism is NOT by voting the socialdemocrats/liberals into power…

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      8 hours ago

      Republicans literally wrote a playbook on how they’re going to do it called Project 2025 ya dunce.

      It’s clear Americans need to learn the hard way just like Europe did a long time ago.

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      8 hours ago

      The majority voted for the candidate I don’t like. That means democracy is broken.

      Don’t worry, the US democracy was already broken. That became painfully clear when Trump started whining about not winning the popular vote when he was elected the first time. Being able to lose while having the support of the majority of voters is proof enough:

      Hillary: 65,853,625 votes

      Trump: 62,985,106 votes

      Not every vote has the same weight, which is just completely bonkers and proof that your archaic system is due for a retrofit. Let’s just hope it won’t get chucked away entirely in the coming years.

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      9 hours ago

      Yes democracy will be broken since Orangeman promised that this will be the last election you will ever need to vote in. Congrats.

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      9 hours ago

      I think us non-USians are alluding to the clusterfuck of only having an either/or choice. That’s not how democracy works in most democratic places. There’s only ever two runners and riders that stand any real chance of winning over there. Most people would call that a fixed race.

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      9 hours ago

      This is either bad faith or supreme levels of stupidity.

      Probably supreme levels of stupidity, caused by bad faith. Most people don’t get this dumb without a little elbow grease.

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      9 hours ago

      I mean… you’re kind of right, but this is a “read the room” situation.

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      9 hours ago

      And yet not everyone votes or even has a chance to vote in this democracy. And don’t get me started on the college of representarives. Seems pretty broken to me.

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      5 hours ago

      Congrats for getting the most downvotes on Lemmy I’ve ever seen. Which you absolutely deserve by the way, in my opinion.