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Interesting how you assume everyone with concerns must have voted for them. Maybe brush up on how voting percentages work - you'd be surprised how many American

Interesting how you assume everyone with concerns must have voted for them. Maybe brush up on how voting percentages work - you'd be surprised how many Americans can be affected by election outcomes regardless of how they personally voted. Math is fun that way! Funny how quickly we jump to 'you must have voted for them' these days. Maybe the real problem isn't who voted for who, but how we've all gotten so used to seeing each other as enemies instead of neighbors who sometimes disagree. Just a thought.

nicholasjarnold 2y ago
Exactly. The results of the US Presidential Election in 2024 show us that slightly more than 1 in 5 Americans cast a ballot in favor of Donald Trump. assumptions: The publicly-available vote count numbers are correct and the US has a total population of around 341 million people. The view that our Republican party got a "conservative mandate" and "won by a landslide" is an interesting one when considered with the above facts. They won by a margin of ~1.6% of the votes cast. The victory looks like a large one only when viewed through the distorted lenses of our Electoral College system. > Maybe the real problem isn't who voted for who, but how we've all gotten so used to seeing each other as enemies instead of neighbors who sometimes disagree. Just a thought. Exactly. Divide and conquer. Historically it's been pretty effective.
scelerat 2y ago
Lately I just cant get the thought out of my head that 69% of Americans either directly or tacitly approved Trump's agenda. A big chunk of those people now voicing concerns did not vote to prevent the course we are now on because "both sides are the same," or variations of that demonstrable falsehood.
chatmasta 2y ago
This assumption, that everyone upset about these actions voted for them, is only half the fallacy. The corollary and equally mistaken assumption is that people who voted for them are upset about the actions. Plenty of people are happy about the actions because it’s exactly what they voted for – “promises made, promises kept.” This isn’t implementing some secret agenda without warning; it’s a fulfillment of a central campaign promise.
blurbleblurble 2y ago
I agree that math is fun but not that it's fun in that case.

nicholasjarnold 2y ago

Exactly. The results of the US Presidential Election in 2024 show us that slightly more than 1 in 5 Americans cast a ballot in favor of Donald Trump. assumptions: The publicly-available vote count numbers are correct and the US has a total population of around 341 million people. The view that our Republican party got a "conservative mandate" and "won by a landslide" is an interesting one when considered with the above facts. They won by a margin of ~1.6% of the votes cast. The victory looks like a large one only when viewed through the distorted lenses of our Electoral College system. > Maybe the real problem isn't who voted for who, but how we've all gotten so used to seeing each other as enemies instead of neighbors who sometimes disagree. Just a thought. Exactly. Divide and conquer. Historically it's been pretty effective.

scelerat 2y ago

Lately I just cant get the thought out of my head that 69% of Americans either directly or tacitly approved Trump's agenda. A big chunk of those people now voicing concerns did not vote to prevent the course we are now on because "both sides are the same," or variations of that demonstrable falsehood.

chatmasta 2y ago

This assumption, that everyone upset about these actions voted for them, is only half the fallacy. The corollary and equally mistaken assumption is that people who voted for them are upset about the actions. Plenty of people are happy about the actions because it’s exactly what they voted for – “promises made, promises kept.” This isn’t implementing some secret agenda without warning; it’s a fulfillment of a central campaign promise.

blurbleblurble 2y ago

I agree that math is fun but not that it's fun in that case.