• @[email protected]
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      -2522 hours ago

      There are over 340 million people in this country. 70 million people isn’t a majority. And not even all of those people are fascists.

      • @Lemming421
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        11222 hours ago

        If you vote for a fascist, you’re a fascist.

          • @TempermentalAnomaly
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            213 hours ago

            This. Fucking this. We can only win next time if we let them know now that they are terrible people who made terrible choices. That will definitely lead to victory.

          • @[email protected]
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            -122 hours ago

            Only 64 million people and still counting voted for Harris. This strategy would have us turn against everyone else in the US and allow the fascists to outnumber us by our own hands. It is a useless strategy. Organizing with everyone we can against fascists is how we win. We outnumber them.

            • @lemmy_get_my_coat
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              2021 hours ago

              If only that were evident by the fucking people that showed up to vote.

              • @[email protected]
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                -421 hours ago

                It is. There are 340 million people in the US. 70 million and counting voted for Trump. 270 million people is greater than 70 million. And odds are fascists are still the minority in that group.

                The number one issue polled for Republican voters was the economy. People bought the Fox News bullshit and now the economy is going to crash because of Trump’s policies. Musk said as much.

                https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/elon-musk-trump-hardship-austerity-taxes-rcna177732

                • @OwlPaste
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                  1319 hours ago

                  The issue is the remaining millions don’t actually care enough to vote. They are happy with anything.

                • @PunnyName
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                  A large portion of that 340 million legally cannot vote. ~74 million are children.

        • @[email protected]
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          -322 hours ago

          Not everyone did so knowingly. There are people who did knowingly vote for fascists of course. But there are plenty of people who got brainwashed by Fox News. It’s not useful to create millions of enemies when we already outnumber the fascists.

          Fox News brainwashed my Grandma and Mom. They’re both Jewish. My Grandmother didn’t live to see this. She was the kindest person I’ve ever met. She would never hurt anyone.

          My Mom’s an asshole, but she’s still my Mom and I lover her despite the fact she is brainwashed and misgenders me because my peace of mind makes her insecure. You think the fascists are going to care that she voted for them? As far as the fascists are concerned, she’s one more person they get to kill.

          • @Lemming421
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            2921 hours ago

            “I didn’t think the leopards world eat my face”, cried person who voted for the Leopards Eating Faces Party

            • @[email protected]
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              721 hours ago

              There’s going to be a lot of that. It’s important to remember no one deserves fascism and there is nothing anyone can do to deserve fascism. So even though some of these people, whose faces will be eaten, voted for fascists, they can one day still become allies.

          • @[email protected]
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            1920 hours ago

            I have to agree here. My father was a very well educated man. He has parts that he designed and manufactured by himself in the Smithsonian Aeronautical Museum, as well as parts that he designed and manufactured in the Hubble.

            In the end, the fall of this intelligent man was Fox News. It is a brain worm. I loved him dearly, but the combination of conspiracy and hatred consumed him in the end. The last time I saw him, he asked to see his son. I will never recover from this.

            • @[email protected]
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              420 hours ago

              I’m sorry that happened. Thank you for sharing. People need to hear stories like these.

      • Lemminary
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        1519 hours ago

        Yes, but how many are of voting age, though, and how many of those are eligible? 340 million includes everyone, including those who can’t.