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Our democracy has mostly worked for almost 250 years - other than during the civil war - because of a single fact: all participants agreed to play by the rules.
by kmos17 5y ago
Our democracy has mostly worked for almost 250 years - other than during the civil war - because of a single fact: all participants agreed to play by the rules.
A democracy is a social construct, it only exists because we all accept to follow its rules, and the single most important factor is that participants accept the results of elections. And this responsibility falls especially on candidates. It’s not a perfect system but it’s certainly better than the alternative.
BLM riots were never a danger to our democracy, there have been riots many times in our nation’s history.
But what has never happened before is a sitting president refusing to accept the result of an election, even after all reasonable legal recourse have been exhausted and it is clear that the election was fair, as certified by republican judges and republican officials in charge of that election.
BTW yours is not an unpopular opinion, unfortunately it is a very popular opinion with at least 70%+ of republicans, and that is why our democracy is in danger, the big lie about the election being stolen is the real danger.
- uejfiweun 5y agoI don't think this is necessarily true. We have had similarly disputed election results in the past, like the corrupt bargain of 1824, or the compromise of 1876. It's more of an annoyed grumble about the "stolen election" rather than a hysterical battle cry. And while I'm at it, let's not pretend like it's just the right that does this stuff. I seem to recall 4 shrill years of people freaking out about how Russia hacked the election (which turned out to be a big nothing burger). Wasn't this just as damaging to democracy? I think at the end of the day idiots will be idiots, and I'm not too concerned about a bunch of idiots complaining about the election they lost.
- kmos17 5y agoClinton conceded. Where is trump’s concession? That is how democracy functions, losers have to concede or you end up in the situation we are in right now. The russia investigation’s conclusions was that there was interference. An annoyed grumble? yeah right. it’s not a bunch of idiots complaining, it is the entire reasoning of the republican party right now, and anyone who dares to question it and dear leader is swiftly canceled/primaried.
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