• SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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      17 hours ago

      Do what I do. Grit your teeth and avoid the headlines. Check in daily but don’t get sucked in. Check the uplifting news to feel better.

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          15 hours ago

          Either people voted against him, for him, or abstained from voting (implicitly agreeing with whatever decision the majority made).

          The last two groups there, vastly outweighed the first one in this election.

          You’re right, not everyone wanted this… But that’s how democracy is. You vote and, at least in theory, the person that the most people vote for (believe in/agree with), is then made president.

          By definition, democracy will always have people who didn’t vote for the current government.

          All I’m saying is that either by action (voting for Trump) or inaction (not voting), a majority decided that he should become president.

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            3 hours ago

            Right but you didn’t say that. You said “you voted for this”, as if Americans are some monolithic bloc with equal responsibility for the current state of affairs. If you tell me that I, an American, deserve the current administration because I voted for it, you are just completely, literally wrong. I, and 75 million other people, voted for Harris.

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        17 hours ago

        Assuming you meant “voted”:

        No, I and many others didn’t, actually, maybe learn how our voting system works before throwing gover half the country into a bus with less than half the country

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          15 hours ago

          I think you mean “over”. (Thanks, I make many typos, just returning the favor)

          And… Didn’t Trump get the popular vote this time around? So more there were more voters for Trump than anyone else?

          Idk. I don’t live there but I know your voting system well enough… Since everyone wants to talk about it, apparently.

          The fact that he won, even by a small amount, which… In this case, he won by more than a small amount, is the point. You and your fellow Americans knew what you were signing up for, and you knew what he was saying he will do this time around. None of this was a surprise. He’s been talking deportation and tariffs for over a year. Now that they’re here, suddenly a lot of people are regretting their decisions… Again, this was not a surprise. They voted for this and yet take issue when this exact thing happens.

          There may be many people who didn’t vote that could have, who would have voted against Trump, but the fact is, by not voting, you are implicitly agreeing with whatever decision is made by your fellow citizens. Putting the decision in their hands. As someone once said “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”

          Either you voted for it, you were okay with letting others decide and you’re complicit, or, you were part of the minority of people who voted against Trump. One of these three things is true for each and every American.

          I’m sorry, but this is what the majority of the people in your country wanted.