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A country is but the sum of its people - and this american people have gotten what they voted for. Nice opportunity for the rest of the world, though.
by wegwerper 2mo ago
A country is but the sum of its people - and this american people have gotten what they voted for.
Nice opportunity for the rest of the world, though.
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- blooalien 2mo ago> ... and this American people have gotten what they voted for. Probably one of the biggest flaws of a Democratic system is that a voting majority can mandate a situation that harms literally everyone against the will of everyone else even when those harms are well documented and absolutely provable. "The majority voted for it" isn't a great answer for the question "Why exactly are we letting the bus driver drive us all over this cliff edge to our fiery deaths?" "Stop the bus! I want off!" "Nope. The vote's done. You're stuck with the result." "Well, what if I voted against driving over the cliff edge?" "Nope. Majority rules. We all die now."
- defrost 2mo agoBear in mind the US electoral system is far from the best that can done. Not all democracies are equal and the US system is barely "democratic" - it's spiralled in a two party not broadly representative Hotelling's Law swampland.