Land of the free? When? In the 1400s?
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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1994 with the “Contract for America”.
Most of us hate it. (It look less than a majority to elect these fools)
Describe it how you want, but the American people and American system brought Trump in; and it wasn't even close. However you see yourself, the fact is that America is a Trump supporting country.
Trump is the first Republican since George W. Bush in 2004 to win the popular vote, the same year a Republican last secured a second term. Trump is the first non-incumbent Republican to have won the popular vote since George H. W. Bush in 1988.[26][630] Trump improved his percentage of the vote in every state and DC compared to the 2020 election;[631] 2024 was the first presidential election since 1976 in which all 50 states and DC shifted to the same party.
Around 90% of counties swung towards Trump between the 2020 and 2024 elections, encompassing both rural and urban areas,[635] and it was the first time since 1932 in which the losing candidate failed to flip a single county.
Decline in Democratic turnout also was a major contributor to Trump winning the popular vote. Comparisons to 2020 and 2024 votes cast in heavily populated Democratic urban centers showed Harris losing millions of votes.
Harris won 226 Electoral College votes, the worst performance for a Democratic presidential ticket since that of Michael Dukakis in 1988.
Madness is a nice word for it. Just look at the origin story, a war for tax evasion and slavery. O and a genocide.
1969 at the latest, but probably a lot earlier. Maybe the Guilded Age and failed reconstruction circa 1870? That resulted in East India Company II: Banana Boogaloo around 1900, which is the time period I think of regarding the US becoming increasingly dependent on manipulating foreign resources. Still, there are earlier examples of questionable choices, too.