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Taking all the necessary steps so that one exact candidate (Trump) won't win the next election is "undermining democracy" already, especially as those steps now
by paganel 6y ago
Taking all the necessary steps so that one exact candidate (Trump) won't win the next election is "undermining democracy" already, especially as those steps now come from both business (Twitter, FB) and the media (Washington Post, NYTimes).
Maybe the Democrats and the people who are called "liberals" don't realise it just yet, but they've lost the game because they've started playing Trump's game. Like I said, they might technically win it this time around, but the next "Trump" will probably be younger and even more charismatic, and he (or maybe a she, why not?) will have to conquer a public scene which will have already known by that point that the democracy rules don't exist for either party, so why care for the democratic process anymore?
If it matters I'm not from the US, have never set foot there, just saying how I see things from half a world away.
- nbardy 6y agoIt's unfortunate how few people on the inside don't see it this way. The slippery slope is real and we shouldn't start sliding down it just to beat Trump.
- shadowgovt 6y agoThe slippery slope towards... Checking facts?
- shadowgovt 6y agoIf fact-checking the election results biases against one candidate and not the other, I suggest the issue is the behavior of the candidates, not Twitter.