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Well it's way less than half that voted against trump. The percentage of eligible voters that actually vote in the U.S. is pathetic.
But yes, sucks for those that voted against it. But their (much lesser) culpability is not not striking, protesting, campaigning, etc. If they're doing all that, then I'm sure they're just as pissed off at the rest of Americans so they wouldn't mind my generalization.
65.3% of voters voted in 2024. Thats higher than the UK or Ireland, and its not even a national holiday to do it. Its close to par with Canada.
So I call BS on your post.
And it's pathetic in those places too. But when it's a choice of trump or a less insane option, that 35% of Americans who didn't bother to vote is a whole lot of idiots who are part of the problem.
I see you arent going after the dems who ran a ridiculously bad campaign. why not?
They ran what they ran. I honestly don't know if they'd had a further left platform if they'd have lost more centrists than gained leftist votes in the places that mattered. But they were still obviously the far better choice, so I still hold any American who didn't vote for them responsible for trump and his actions.
OK? and people voted how they voted. If you're not going to tie campaigns to outcomes then you arent talking about reality, just your own feelings.
My point is, even if the Dems ran a crappy election, they were a much better choice than Trump. And anyone who doesn't see that is a fool. I don't see why Americans need to be coddled to get up off their asses and vote for the better choice. Just don't be idiots, already. Or else you are responsible for not stopping trump.
right, you dont care what the dems stand for as long as they are .001% better than genocidal fascism. And you're not willing to lift a finger to demand better of the dems who are the only party we have a snowballs chance in hell of fixing. You'll take whatever you're given, like a dog eating scraps off the floor.
On that, we agree.
Hardly. You should work in the primaries, letter writing, grass roots etc. do that now. But when it comes to the election, if you don't vote effectively against maga, you are supporting them, and the result is your fault.
It's really quite simple. I'm not sure how it's not obvious to everyone.
I guess if you really think trump is only .001% worse, then you are blinded by irrationalities?
ah yes. "sternly worded" letters are whats needed, obviously. Who could possibly argue with such a powerful vision. You win this one CannonFodder.
Yes. Letter writing. That's how politics works (when functional). It conveys that the electorate cares enough about a policy to write the letter. Politicians actually do pay attention this to some degree.
I don't want any bloodshed. But we've got bloodshed. Lots of it. And it's being perpetrated by the U.S. on behalf of its citizens. I suspect there would be more internal resistance to trumps horrific policies if they resulted in some bombs hitting mainland U.S. just the rise in gas prices might be tipping the balance, but probably not. I'm sorry that it hurts your feelings, but even participating in the U.S. economy is supporting it, and therefore supporting the murdering by its leaders. I do hope you can figure out how to dismantle the current insane government and its supporters. But you can't expect other countries to sit by while you bomb them and just hope you can figure it out eventually .