• LotrOrc@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      Let’s not pretend here. Over half of America voted for him this time. Last time almost half of America voted for him.

      This is America. You can blame russia, you can blame whoever, but still the end of the day this is America and Americans fault.

      Go talk to the 60% of white people in this country who voted for him and make them realize that they are idiots and racists. Then maybe you’ll get a change.

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        Not half the population. Using approximates:

        US population: 345 million

        Can vote: 245 million

        Did actually vote: 156 million (63%)

        Voted drump: Just over half (78 million or 50.5%) of those that voted

        US population who voted for tangerine: Around 22%, or 1 in 4

        US population who could vote and did vote for tangerine: 31%, or 1 in 3

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          Yeah propaganda exists but the point is that this is already who the US has shown themselves to be. It is and has been a racist oligarchy for as long as I’ve been alive, and most likely longer.

          The second Obama won you had shitheads burning efficiency of him or hanging him from trees.

          My point is it’s easy to blame Russian interference, etc. It’s harder to look inwards and realize that oh hey, this country is actually just not thatbgreat and we’ve been living on lies for the last 80 years.

          It is deeply, deeply racist and always has been. It is deeply oligarchical, and always has been.

          There is more in common with modern day russia than there is with any civilized 1st world country in western Europe.

    • WeUnite@lemm.eeOP
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      14 hours ago

      And Qanon’s choice which is so weird because they claim to protect the children but it’s their guy who’s the one who’s not protecting our children.