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The case for boycotting the United States (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To friends of democracy around the world: we need your help.

You know that the Trump regime is brutally attacking US democracy. Most of us did not vote for Donald Trump (half of us didn’t even vote in the 2024 election). But he feels he has a mandate to take a wrecking ball to the constitution.

Like most bullies, the regime can be constrained only if everyone stands up to the bullying – including you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can't expect voter participation to be high when they believe their vote doesn't matter, nor if the candidate you want them to vote for is decidedly uncompelling. Democrats made the latter true and Republicans have worked hard to try and make the former true. What do we expect, in that scenario?

Voting more could have avoided this, yes. But the lion's share of the blame does not lie with voters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There is an old agave. The voters always get the candidate they deserve. There is plenty of blame to go around. Voters deserve some of it. Non voters deserve some of it.