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I think being a good citizen is where it starts. It used to be the case - no matter who won, people rallied behind the elected for the good of the country. Thin
by richrichie 2y ago
I think being a good citizen is where it starts. It used to be the case - no matter who won, people rallied behind the elected for the good of the country. Things have become very different since 2016.
- philips 2y agoIf you are saying rallying behind a president no matter what is part of being a good citizen then I disagree wholeheartedly. Since I began voting I have experienced two votes, including 2016, where the President lost the popular vote. Very very difficult to rally behind someone who wins through a bad quirk of our democracy. It is a sad history[1] and the only fix I know of is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presid...
- vharuck 2y agoI honestly don't remember this ever being the case. There were always large groups of people who hated the president and blamed most of society's woes on him and his entire party.
- richrichie 2y agoPeople rallied behind Bush Jr even though he was a rank idiot and was surrounded by crazy neocons (most of who now are part of Democratic party). In many ways he was worse than Trump.
- clipsy 2y agoFunny, none of the Republicans I knew at the time rallied behind President Obama in 2008.
- philips 2y agoObama also won the popular vote. So, much easier to rally when the system randomly worked.