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TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

When Trump was first elected, it made me realize how stupid most of the US is. The results of this election were not surprising, I even linked to the sort of self-serving articles that preceded just before Hillary-Trump’s elections to people who were doing the same in this election. At least in this election, it’s sort of like Israel, they are leaving no doubt about who they support. I don’t even care if Kamala gets the popular vote, most criticize the electoral college word only and refuse to consider gerrymandering as electoral fraud, leading to it occurring in greater and newer ways this election.

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drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Why are americans so stupid and yet manage to export so much smart stuff from tech to podcasts to scientists. Is it some sort of dystopia where 1% rules, 20% live in a bubble and 79% are just brain dead idiots?

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- TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Why do people from Europe go and build monuments and luxury in Saudi Arabia?
  
  Money. Same answer in the US.
  
  The US is an oligarchy, as attested to by this Oxford study. To answer your question, mostly yes, hence places like “Silicon Valley” and institutions like the electoral college.
  
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  - mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Interesting that was written in 2014… Before it was obvious it had all just gone to shit
    
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    djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It just wasn’t obvious to you.
    
    An election was stolen in broad fucking daylight in 2000. That was the canary in the coal mine on election interference.
    
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- jimrob4@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yes.
  
  Then there’s us smart ones who see what’s going on, but we’re outnumbered by idiots.
  
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- funkajunk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I fear you may have hit the nail on the head
  
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AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Gerrymandering is clearly electoral fraud, but

it’s not black and white. There’s no clear line between fraud and good

the people benefiting the fraud are the ones in control of it

gerrymandering does not affect presidential or senate elections
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