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Given how much the US messes about with itself and the rest of the world when the Government is supposed to have been elected fairly, I shudder when I think of
by solarengineer 10y ago
Given how much the US messes about with itself and the rest of the world when the Government is supposed to have been elected fairly, I shudder when I think of the impact on the world when the elections have been unfair and rigged.
I am appalled at how candidates from the same party - e.g. Hillary and Sanders, Hillary and Obama, Trump and who-ever - first criticise each other a lot, raking muck, raising FUD, casting aspersions, indulge in a lot of rabble-rousing - just to win some popularity contest. If the candidates stoop so low for their own party, then how much lower they must stoop to "defeat" the candidates of the opposing parties.
The world has been seeing regular evidence of how easy it is to tamper with the voting machines, with the votes, and what-not. Does this call for a special situation where the elections are held again but with such concerns addressed?
Otherwise, this farce of elections would simply continue, and the world would continue to be in a worse situation.
- mzw_mzw 10y agoBefore you panic (well, before you continue panicking) you should probably read the article. There is nothing in there that even remotely suggests anything untoward happened in this past election. > Does this call for a special situation where the elections are held again but with such concerns addressed? No.
- sixothree 10y agoEither our voting system is secure from tampering or we are all just ignoring a horrible probability.