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Damn thing's busted. If you can imagine an administration that acts like this ever peacefully ceding a lost election, you're crazier than me.
That's assuming you even get a fair election again.
Is a fair election when a violent insurrectionist, a literal traitor to the republic, is allowed to run for office?
We zigged when we should have zagged a long time ago.
The American system is broken by design
No, it's been broken; the original design wasn't bad, but they told us not to let a two party system happen and we did it anyway.
The original does not protect against an entire party determined to undermine it, imo
isnt that what the "overthrow the government" part is for?
Not like we could actually do that anyways 🙃
Yes it does, it has quite clear instructions in fact. People just aren't willing to do what's necessary to follow those instructions... Yet.
We definitely should have several large books at him... but also 75 million people shouldn't have voted for him.
Yes, that alone has nothing to do with whether the election was fair or not.
Was there fraud with the votes? Was people denied voting? Those are some of the things that would make an election not fair.
Looking from the outside on US politics it seemed you guys had a wannabe dictator and narcicist run for president. He told you exactly how bonkers he is and what he plans to do. And you guys voted him in twice...
It's hard to feel sympathy for Americans.
People are systematically, deliberately denied votes in every American election. Their entire voting system was a compromise with slave states. American elections are bad by design.
And yes, let's also highlight the fact that a violent insurrectionist was allowed to run for office. Putting it mildly, that is not a sign of a healthy normal election.
If you're going to hate Americans be my guest, but hate them for tolerating the existing system at all. It's a structurally unjust society from the ground up and they're ridiculous for tolerating it.
I don't hate Americans at all. What would give you that idea?
Its hard sympathising when Americans have willingly and knowingly put themselves in this position but that doesn't mean I hate them.
I root for you guys and hope you get your shit together,for the sake of everyone on earth.