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Disclaimer: I don't live in the US. Gerrymandering, yo. This is _such_ a US centric view. Guys, you have way a worst problem than elections. You have a party

by ericol 4y ago

Disclaimer: I don't live in the US. Gerrymandering, yo. This is _such_ a US centric view. Guys, you have way a worst problem than elections. You have a party strongly pursuing getting rid of democratic results altogether. Beyond the stated (That G word) the republican party is STRONGLY preparing the landscape to not recognize the results of the next election (Or the next one after that). I actually have a bet with a friend about when the last democratic election is going to happen, and my money is on this last midterms being the ones (Gotta reckon, I wasn't expecting Gen-Z, and I'm gladly surprised I might be wrong). Take for instance the last election in Brazil, where Lula beat Bolzonaro by the bare minimum: 51% to 49%. What would had been the results of such an election in the US? In 2016, Clinton won the popular vote by 2.1%, and _still_ Trump won the presidential race. In 2020, even thought Biden wan the popular vote by a large margin, the results were still down to a handful of votes [1] The problem, as I see it, is that you have a democratic system that allows for suppressing democracy. [1] https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/940689086/narrow-wins-in-these-key-states-powered-biden-to-the-presidency https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/940689086/narrow-wins-in-thes...

account-5 4y ago
I see you've been getting downvoted but no one is replying with why you might be wrong. From the outside-in (I don't live in the US either) what you've written certainly seems to be the case. You've literally got republican candidates (I think actually voted in now) saying unless they win the election was false/stolen. There is something very wrong with that.
- ericol 4y ago
  Well, that's an odd event, isn't it? People _just_ don't like my comment, and they downvote it just because. But as you state, there's nobody countering my comment. All in all, interesting times. Obviously nobody wants a non-democratic US, but if that happens, I'm going to have the popcorn ready.

by ericol 4y ago

account-5 4y ago

I see you've been getting downvoted but no one is replying with why you might be wrong. From the outside-in (I don't live in the US either) what you've written certainly seems to be the case. You've literally got republican candidates (I think actually voted in now) saying unless they win the election was false/stolen. There is something very wrong with that.

ericol 4y ago
Well, that's an odd event, isn't it? People _just_ don't like my comment, and they downvote it just because. But as you state, there's nobody countering my comment. All in all, interesting times. Obviously nobody wants a non-democratic US, but if that happens, I'm going to have the popcorn ready.