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Your question is so disingenuous that I have a hard time believing you’re asking it.
Trump didn’t win the popular vote in either election. He won because the Democrats don’t ever really seem to want to win. He won because tecdh billionaires pumped money into his campaign and pushed him on their platforms. He won because of The Electoral College and a very low voter turnout on the left, especially. Plus four years of “Fuck Joe Biden” propaganda. The same type we always see and then some.
I kept an eye on right-wing media. They talked about Biden about as much as we talk about Trump, but Biden didn’t harm our country anywhere near the way Trump has. America might not be here in 10 years, and that’s not hyperbole.
He won because of basically every dirty trick in the book that has been hindering our democratic process for at least the last 20 years, if not longer, all culminating in the 2024 election. All of those factors, and more, have been plainly present over the past few years for anyone to see and comment on, especially on Lemmy.
And for all your dramatics the simple answer to why we're having this discussion is because it isn't in everyone's face. The fires of facism are burning in america yes but most people aren't seeing the day to day extremes that we are seeing reported here. They hear about it, they have an opinion on it but they aren't getting arrested, deported, layed off, or starving yet.
But I don’t wholly disagree with you. I am constantly in shock or depressed that the country didn’t vote for Kamala. I don’t think they voted for Trump. I think they just stayed home. I have my own theories about that, especially around the level of canvassing I encountered leading up to the election. Rather than ramble further, I’ll just say I’ve given up, and I’m ready to leave on my terms when the time comes. I had more faith in people in 2024. I don’t have faith in anything anymore.