You mean all those people who got their voting rights removed for whatever reason? The people who are afraid to vote in person because of harassment? The people who cannot afford to take off work an entire day to wait in line? The people who live in a gerrymandered county who feel their vote won’t count anyway? People who have drug charges because of racism and can’t vote?
You mean all those people? You clearly know nothing about how voting in the United States works.
You’re right if you blame the registered voters who chose not to show up in protest because they didn’t like the options. And yes, I think that number would have tipped the scale.
But words are important, and you want to scream at 330m people like it’s all our fault.
The US as a political entity is controlled by the current administration, and that’s really the only thing that matters to the rest of the world in regards to the US as a country.
I feel for the people in the US who fought against this happening, but in terms of geopolitics the dissatisfaction of the populace only matters in so far as it changes the actions of your government.
As far as the rest if the world is concerned, there’s no difference.
As far as the current administration is concerned, that is in fact the case.
I know the rest of the world isn’t smart enough to know that the citizens don’t always represent the shit government.
Well, they voted for it. The US aren’t Russia. Yet
27% did. Shockingly high, I agree. But this is a legitimacy gap.
It’s not just the people who voted in favour, it’s the people who refused to vote against. Those ultimately decided the outcome.
You mean all those people who got their voting rights removed for whatever reason? The people who are afraid to vote in person because of harassment? The people who cannot afford to take off work an entire day to wait in line? The people who live in a gerrymandered county who feel their vote won’t count anyway? People who have drug charges because of racism and can’t vote?
You mean all those people? You clearly know nothing about how voting in the United States works.
That still leaves plenty of people who could have voted and didn’t. You can try to spin it all you want. Those people are absolutely to blame.
You’re right if you blame the registered voters who chose not to show up in protest because they didn’t like the options. And yes, I think that number would have tipped the scale.
But words are important, and you want to scream at 330m people like it’s all our fault.
The US as a political entity is controlled by the current administration, and that’s really the only thing that matters to the rest of the world in regards to the US as a country. I feel for the people in the US who fought against this happening, but in terms of geopolitics the dissatisfaction of the populace only matters in so far as it changes the actions of your government.