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To Every American Who's Sorry (from the Greenland subreddit) (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/justpost@lemmy.world
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Didn't know where to post this but man, I so get it.

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[–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No. I'm saying that many not all were effectively disenfranchised by a system that would effectively give their votes to the opposing side no matter how they voted. For example blue voters in Texas.

You asserted that American's were collectively complicit because 2/3 voted for him. This isn't true. 48% voted for him. Voter turnout was furthermore suppressed by a system in which blue voters in red districts/states have no hope of representation. The actual support for Trump is actually only 39% of Americans.

61% of us are along the ride.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    No, I know you are trying to argue in good faith, but I asserted that 2/3 supported, which includes not voting, regardless of defeatism. If the vast majority voted in opposition but still failed, there would be much more impetus for electoral reform, for example.

    Failure to actively oppose at the polls is tacit support, even if it’s negligent. Disenfranchised votes are worth struggle.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Failure to actively oppose at the polls is tacit support,

    25% of the population were under 18 during the election they cannot be said to tacitly support trump.

    22% of people voted directly for Harris they directly opposed trump.

    This alone is 47% of the population! This alone disproves your 2/3 narrative!

    30% of the pop by not voting did not cast a tacit vote for Trump. Few countries have 100% voter turnout in any free country. A sane mathematical treatment of the situation is to assume that a sufficiently large sample is representative OR to ask people.

    If 48% of voters voted for Trump we assume 48% of those who were adults in 2024 are responsible or 36% or we can ask people if they support Trump and we get 39%.

    Most in the US aren't for our modern day nazis

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