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[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 107 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

56%? So basically the popular vote when voters actually fucking vote.

It's the same damn statistic every time. 60% people horrified, 30% cheering, 10% cheering while making a good show of wringing their hands.

First past the post, education politicization, political disenfranchisement, and gerrymandering have created millions of monsters. I only hope democracies abroad take this as their wakeup call to fix the broken systems creating the global authoritarian / auth-right movement.

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Think of how much worse it could be though, we could have had a brown woman in charge!!

/s

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

WhY dO yOu SuPpOrT gEnOcIdE???? BiDeN iS lItErALlY hItLeR!

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Oh but the "leftists" on Lemmy told me she's exactly the same!

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

About 30%-35% will always side with this mother fucker. It's sad and very cultist.

[–] Mantzy81@aussie.zone 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That still leaves 44% that are fine with it (or don't care either way - which may actually be worse because they're automatons)

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

More likely 10% that are tired of the shit, don't know what's real and fake anymore, or who to trust as an authoritative factual perspective. So it's easier to just live their daily life, which is already a pain in the ass.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

"Donald the dove"

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Read my lips.

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

You mean the FIFA "peace" award winner? I'm shocked. Shocked!

Well, not that shocked.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the democrats. Over half of Americans vote Democrat but the republicans win because of gerrymandering

[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 16 points 1 month ago

Just abroad? What about domestically?

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

The other half doesn't care and/or gets off on the idea of wars...

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's what happens when you don't award a peace maker with the Peace Noble prize.

Go Donald, Devour of Destiny, go! You are the Golden God! America, fuck yeah!

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Manifest destitution

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

If they'd given him the Nobel, he'd be Gandhi right now. Instead, we got Ghengis Don.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

And they're voting Republican anyway.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anyone talking about military intervention on us soil?

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

That’s why ice got billions in the budget.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He has gone to far on his own citizens and every other country he wants to rob.

This is what happens when you put a criminal into office and let him do whatever he wants. We would have been much better off with a cat as our president.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Placing every last presidential decision on a coin flip would have yielded better results.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Donald the Peacemaker

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Just you wait

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, meaning half of US is okay with it.