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And how exactly is the U.S. throwing its own away? In the last elections, held right on schedule as constitutionally designed, a certain slight majority percent
by southernplaces7 2y ago
And how exactly is the U.S. throwing its own away? In the last elections, held right on schedule as constitutionally designed, a certain slight majority percentage of voters picked their candidate and he got elected. Or do you define throwing away as any time someone you don't like wins, legitimately, through the exact process designed for picking heads of state?
It's getting tedious to see the hysterics that many go into about the destruction of democracy whenever whatever their emotional and ideological preference is doesn't happen as they want.
- sg47 2y agoThe guy who won is a traitor
- archagon 2y agoThe guy who won literally tried to steal the last election and started an insurrection: https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76c2c1e8fe2e5ae7/d2d77a9c-full.pdf https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76c2c1e8... (He’a also a felon and a rapist, but I suppose those qualities can be weighed separately from the treason and sedition.)
- beej71 2y agoWe did elect a guy who is trying to control the Press and says that the lie of the stolen election is grounds for terminating articles of the Constitution. And who tried to undermine the results of the previous election. And he's extremely charismatic and popular. It's not a great look.
- jaredklewis 2y agoI mostly agree with your point, but one pedantic correction is that only a slight plurality of voters, not a slight majority, picked Trump. Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote.
- M95D 2y agoHitler was elected too. He then destroyed democracy while not actually breaking any laws.
- andrewinardeer 2y agoI wasn't expecting Godwin's Law to be involved so quickly.
- beej71 2y agoThere are a couple right-wing pundits that ring a bell on their podcast every time someone mentions Hitler. It's an instant dismissal. But at some point, the bell has to stop, right? Let's say for the sake of example that the President of the US decides that a certain ethnic and/or religious group needs to be sent to guarded camps to be imprisoned. Someone might say, rightly, "Hey, Hitler did this! Maybe we should think twice!" Ding! Your argument is dismissed! ...Or does the comment actually get acknowledged? I'm curious to find where we'll put that line as a country.
- starfezzy 2y ago> Trump is literally Hitler Like he said, "It's getting tedious to see the hysterics." Why didn't Trump seize power during multiple key opportunities in his term (soon after inauguration when his supporters and his rhetoric were at their most right-wing and Republicans held everything, or during the pandemic)? Why is Trump such a fan of Israel and their American counterparts? I think uncle H would not approve of your comparison.
- 9283409232 2y agoTrump and first his administration were incompetent. He has a much tighter ship this time around.
- andrewflnr 2y agoMercifully, lol no.
- M95D 2y agoMy reply is a counter-argument to @southernplaces7's opinion that elections, as a means by which democracy works, can't be bad for democracy itself. They can, and Hitler proved it.
- throw0101a 2y ago> And how exactly is the U.S. throwing its own away? There was an attempt: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... Sadly the (alleged) instigator seems to not be held to account: * https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Sm... There have also been more subtle machinations: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP