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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TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 week 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.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week ago
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 week 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?
TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 week 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.
mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Interesting that was written in 2014… Before it was obvious it had all just gone to shit
djsoren19@yiffit.net 1 week 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.
jimrob4@midwest.social 1 week ago
Yes.
Then there’s us smart ones who see what’s going on, but we’re outnumbered by idiots.
funkajunk@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I fear you may have hit the nail on the head