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There is an interesting analysis of the ideology of the techbro's (youtube) backing Trump, who actually do want to destroy the US. I'm kinda shocked how well this explains things, and haven't found a good written article yet (but haven't been looking).
Let's be honest, it is efficient! /s
Don’t blame it on just one person. He has many ~~friends~~ accomplices.
Points at SCOTUS. Electoral College. Winner-Takes-All underrepresentation. 100 years legal slavery, 100 years racial segregation. 150 years gendered voting rights.
Harris actually got more votes than Biden in most of the key swing states. Can we stop this narrative of blaming anyone other than the tens of millions that actually picked Trump?
Nope. Because I do blame the third party / uncommitted crowd for sowing division, doubt, and getting in the way. We were in a burning building, and those groups were blocking the fire exits.
If everyone of them voted for Harris, she would have still lost. The only "voting bloc" if you can call it that matters was the non-voters, and you get them interested by offering policies that voters find good.
Harris wasn't doing that. She said "I won't pivot from Biden" and talked about having Republicans in her cabinet. Harris was showing off how she got the Cheney family on her side, the political family who helped orchestrate the war on terror.
If you're unsure, you see a Democrat trying to be a Republican, and you see a Republican. One is clearly better than the other in that Harris wasn't going to instantly install autocrats like Musk.
That was my default answer, "I dont like Harris in everything, but I hate Trump. She can be talked to and reasoned with. Trump only listens to ass-kissers and money. I value my tongue more than I have money."
But for people who are focused on just trying to survive paycheck the paycheck, they don't have time to see that. Especially since voting days aren't time off for most Americans. You have to work to put food on the table, or spend time waiting in line to vote.
I'm thankful I can get mail in ballots a month before the election. I can look at my local elections, my statewide referendums, and check if I agree and who's paid for the advertising. Most states don't have that "luxury".
I do blame them for not voting if they had an easy way of voting. Mail in, early voting on a weekend, requesting time off to vote. I don't blame them for seeing that one party is trying to act like the other party from 2004 that became the fascist party in 2016.
The stick was actually running a soft right democrat to combat a far right candidate, the gag is blaming voters.
The stick was not seeing (or even acknowledging the existence of) the bigger picture.
Well, the bigger picture in my comment is that the Democratic party will rip their nose off if it means not running a progressive candidate willing to stand firm in their progressive stances, and that choice between a soft right candidate and a far right candidate is like choosing between a piece of chocolate or the whole bar. What bigger picture are you referring to?
[Gestures vaguely at goddamned everything] for starters.
She might not give us all ponies and blowjobs, but literally none of this dystopian nightmare would be happening under Harris.
Ah yes, the "everything is just fine just look at this graph" picture
And before anyone says anything: I voted for Harris. Just like I voted for Biden and Clinton and Obama and Obama and Kerry and Gore. The only ones of those who actually got into office were the ones telling us things would change.
Don't be mad that they ran a shitty campaign to convince a populous with a sixth grade reading level and defunded civics classes to figure out how to vote.
"Democracy"
USA is a kakistocracy of the oligarchs
Change my mind
Kekistocracy