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Another day, another news article on how Trump turned out to be SO MUCH WORSE (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

If protest voters had voted for Harris, she still would have lost, because twenty million democrats stayed home. She didn’t lose because of protest votes, she lost because white middle class voters decided they didn’t want to bother, because the election won’t affect them anyway.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If 77 million people vote for Trump, and 75 million vote for Harris, that any single voter's vote is only one vote does not mean that if they vote for Trump, it's a morally neutral act. Not being the tipping point is not absolution for one's actions or inaction. And doing mental backflips to justify a vote for Trump because they were 'just one vote' instead of taking some time to fucking reflect if Trump winning was the outcome they wanted to support would make them an utter cretin.

    The core issue is that many Americans don't seem to care if fascism comes to America. This includes protest voters, but yes, protest voters are only a small percentage of that much-larger category.

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