Oh I don't even need to make it an identity politics thing, there is always someone "less privileged" to use. I have seen single non white mothers told that they have a house so need to "think hard" about that before complaining. A large part of the "western world" has become tone deaf to the reality of the working people. No one cares (clearly shown this election) that the numbers went up.
Ohhh, I like that. It really gets the point across.
Ok, a few things. This is also using the percent of eligible voters and shows about the expected turn out if not higher then normal. And more importantly 140 million is not the final number in fact some places have stated "National turnout has been estimated at 64.5 percent this year, with around 158 million ballots counted out of the 245 million eligible voters."
I am sorry that this is not the easy target of blame people clearly want it to be.
Yes, I would agree in the past. But in this case 15 million votes would have to be very strategically placed to change the outcome (basically worse then the gerrymandering the Republican party is called out for). I don't think people are rationally looking at these election numbers and are just falling back to the old rhetoric. For fun try and put 15 million votes down and change the result.
Well it took over 20 tries in the bingilator. Its not what I wanted but, eh.
"a dollar bill floating in the air with a halo above it and angelic wings. a very small sailor moon is looking at the floating money"
Naw he will likely be dead, and the couch fucker will do the dirty work.
That or a locked down internet in the US. Was it not from that document that this came from?
"Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned," the document says. "Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders. And telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered."
Yeah the reason was that the public is tired, but no more then normal. Blaming this on voter turnout due to a single issue is..... silly. I agree with the first statement but not the idea that this election had low turnout, this was a referendum on the status quo. The result was clear (not one that will be good) and this post truth finger pointing just pisses me off, the race was not even close. Do you think if another 15 million people got off the couch they would have not voted for Trump? That is just about as arrogant as you can get.
I am finding it very hard to not make the "work will set you free" joke since until yesterday it was enough in the past to be both a chilling reminder and a bit funny. But now, I am too concentrated on the potential future.
You can not tell them the economy is great when they’re in pain.
This is a big thing in most western nations right now. The "economy" does not mean a healthy middle class, it does not mean higher wages for people, it does not mean affordable heating/food/shelter. I can see people struggling to make ends meet, and nothing pisses them off more then being told the "economy" is great. Basically the wealth inequality at this point has mostly removed the middle class and people being told the economic equivalent of "Git Gud"
Yeah, I would agree if the vote turnout was low. But it was not, it was the second highest since 1932. People came out and voted hard against the status quo, the issue is (and the monkey paw curls) since it is not a democracy in the states but a stupid two party system by doing so they voted (or by not voting) for fascism.
America has ruined the very concept of democracy and long before this election (although this was a colossal fuck up I agree)
No, not without taking an optional class in high school