▲ 72 ▼ After America: The Causes and Consequences of US Global Decline (www.fairobserver.com) submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca [M] to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (2 children) Or get hung out to dry by election fraud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There's no need for electoral fraud. For the past half century the turnout at the polls for mid-term elections has been around 40%EV. (For presidential elections it's around 60%EV.) All they have to do to win over the astonishing sloth and apathy of the American voter base is rally an extra 2-3% to go to the polls. And they have the built-in tools to do that given that what passes for the "left" in the USA is determined to stay the course on their "Operation: Foot Bullet" plan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* Imagine how difficult an 80 or 85% turnout would have been to defraud or steal an election from. Can’t tell them this though, ‘you don’t understand’ is the answer you get. Then a litany of ‘reasons’ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There's no need for electoral fraud. For the past half century the turnout at the polls for mid-term elections has been around 40%EV. (For presidential elections it's around 60%EV.) All they have to do to win over the astonishing sloth and apathy of the American voter base is rally an extra 2-3% to go to the polls. And they have the built-in tools to do that given that what passes for the "left" in the USA is determined to stay the course on their "Operation: Foot Bullet" plan. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* Imagine how difficult an 80 or 85% turnout would have been to defraud or steal an election from. Can’t tell them this though, ‘you don’t understand’ is the answer you get. Then a litany of ‘reasons’ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* Imagine how difficult an 80 or 85% turnout would have been to defraud or steal an election from. Can’t tell them this though, ‘you don’t understand’ is the answer you get. Then a litany of ‘reasons’ permalink fedilink source parent