• dr-robot
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    93 months ago

    The folks with brains voted blue. The dumbasses voted for Trump.

    It’s a mystery why politics is so polarized these days…

    Trump is terrible, but many people voted for him because they saw something in him that they wanted or needed. It was most likely based on lies but it’s what they needed. Any alternative, if it hopes to win, must address the same needs.

    • @thedirtyknapkin
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      173 months ago

      i mean, making bad decisions because you fell for a lie is pretty much my definition of dumb.

      • @lemmingthelemmers
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        -103 months ago

        Voting for the people actively funding genocide and thinking that they were the best choice is exactly my definition of dumb.

        • JaggedRobotPubes
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          23 months ago

          Best doesn’t mean good.

          Https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

          In a system that mathematically converts third choices into one of the original two options, you go with the better one of the two. Knowing about the shitshow that is first past the post voting changes tactics dramatically without changing values.

    • @AbidanYre
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      13 months ago

      It’s a mystery why politics is so polarized these days…

      Oh please, they’ve been calling liberals America hating baby killers for decades.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      Maybe if Democrats didn’t keep lying to us about our material conditions the last 4 years and telling us we are not struggling, the public wouldn’t have to look somewhere else.