Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?

• bootsandcats@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Reminder that voter turnout was still only 63.7%. Half of voters didn’t vote for Trump, half of that 63.7% did. Still way too fucking many, but it’s not half of the US.

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  • Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    And that 63.7% is of eligible voters. The disenfranchised, teenagers, and noncitizens aren’t counted.

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  • Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Great point, there are at least 77,284,118 people who are OK with the current state of affairs.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The half that didn’t vote are OK with other people deciding for them.

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you don’t bother to vote, you’re not a voter.

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This is the part that made me give up. No amount of anything will make up for the fact that roughly 53% of voters wanted this, which is probably like 40% of the country. A country which has like 3.5 billionish people, and 40% want racism. They want to support the wealth gap because they’re too dumb to understand they’ll never be on the other side of the gap, and this is just renforcing it. They’re more than happy to hurt themselves if it means the OTHER people get dragged down with them. Which just makes them a tool for the rich to use the poor to destroy the poor.

  We’re alienating our allys, we’re destroying our country. We’re destroying the global economy, and this is just the start. The next 4 years this asshole gets to sit on his throne, and KNOW he’ll face no consequences. He’ll face no reprecussions for his actions for him and his little asshole buddies.

  I’m hurt. I’m tired. I’m in pain. I have no idea if I even HAVE medicaide anymore. They say it’s not cut off, but it was supposed to get cut off Feb 28th because of lack of state funding. I think the state itself doesn’t know. But worst of all, I have no hope. I have no logical plan for what comes next to work towards making a better tomorrow. Yesterday sucked. Today sucks. Tomorrow will suck by all indications. The GOP at this point are actively trying to destroy this country. I’m not proud to be american. I’m ashamed. I’m tired of appologizing to others for existing. And right now, if Canada decided to just atomic bomb us, I’d understand. Go ahead Canada. Take us out. We deserve it.

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  • karashta@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I don't disagree with what you said but there's not 3.5 billion people in the US. There's like 340 million.

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• Today@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Half of Americans who cared/knew enough to vote.

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