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  • by and large i agree with you.

    Rs have a whole toolbox of ways to keep ppl from voting. but i don’t want to pretend there isn’t ALSO an apathy problem in the US.

    and yes, Ds have failed to act over the decades to stop this and update the country. i’m sure there are a mix of reasons for this, including capital capture, ignorance, hubris, etc. Ds own this too.

    imo, the American experiment has failed (insofar as it existed at all.) the only way truly forward will be bloody, to try and build something new from the rubble.


  • a few things.

    • stupid ones get headlines
    • American electoral systems are antiquated and not good at representing the populace
    • propaganda machines for news

    in the presidential election, you can basically split it 3 ways. one third for Trump, one third against, and one third couldn’t be bothered to vote.

    if you tally the pres votes, more people voted for notTrump than Trump, but that doesn’t matter in America. Trump got the plurality of votes in enough states. so now, apparently, their policy is to disenfranchise, oppress and kill the majority of Americans that don’t fall in line.

    America is fucked. it doesn’t have the systems in place to correct this. it’s simply too late.