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[–] griff@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

My God I'm tired of that argument, it's so stupid IMO.
Trump won the popular vote, the ones that didn't bother in principle might as well have voted for Trump, because the result would be the same.
By that logic it's not only a majority but a super majority.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nowhere near a majority if you include all the people who didn't vote. Low voter turnout, combined with prolific gerrymandering and targeted attacks (like the 200 election day bomb threats closing polling stations mostly in Pennsylvania) means small minority groups can coordinate their actions to take over the government. Which is what has happened. The silent majority does not support Trump, and it's well past time for them to remember they are in fact the actual majority, and they had better not remain silent much longer or else they're going to find out that the cost of speaking will get higher and higher the longer they let these criminals run their country.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well let's hope this 1/3rd of the country that doesn't vote decides to vote this time...