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minus-squareBoofStrokelinkfedilinkEnglish0•22 days agoIt’d be nice if all of these protesters had bothered to vote and not with protest votes.
minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink0•22 days agoWhat makes you think they didn’t? 75 million people voted for Harris. We likely won’t know the count of today’s protests, but I feel safe saying it was far fewer than 75 million.
minus-squareBilliamlinkfedilink0•22 days agoThe estimate was 5 million people across 1300 cities. A lot of people complaining about these protests seem to think that level of coordinated protesting isn’t impressive. Those numbers alone should make anyone stop and think about what’s going on.
minus-square@[email protected]Mlinkfedilink0•22 days agoIt’s going to get bigger as people’s 401Ks evaporate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•22 days ago“proper action wasn’t taken in the past therfore I won’t accept any action being taken in the future.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-221 days agoIt would be nice if there had been non-fascist duopoly candidates to vote for. But here we are.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•21 days agoLet’s not forget that there are more than two choices. I understand there is certainly a duopoly, but that only continues as long as we continue voting for only one or the other.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•22 days agoIn the US system it doesn’t matter how you vote except in like 7 states.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•22 days agoWell, that wouldn’t be true if everyone voted, but it does bring up the point that winner take all is just a bad representative system.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-221 days agoThere is no such thing as a good “representative” system.
minus-squareJohnlinkfedilinkEnglish0•22 days agoOh look, another liberal blaming eveybody and anybody except the traish-tier Democrat platform/candidate.
It’d be nice if all of these protesters had bothered to vote and not with protest votes.
What makes you think they didn’t?
75 million people voted for Harris. We likely won’t know the count of today’s protests, but I feel safe saying it was far fewer than 75 million.
The estimate was 5 million people across 1300 cities.
A lot of people complaining about these protests seem to think that level of coordinated protesting isn’t impressive.
Those numbers alone should make anyone stop and think about what’s going on.
It’s going to get bigger as people’s 401Ks evaporate.
“proper action wasn’t taken in the past therfore I won’t accept any action being taken in the future.”
It would be nice if there had been non-fascist duopoly candidates to vote for. But here we are.
Let’s not forget that there are more than two choices. I understand there is certainly a duopoly, but that only continues as long as we continue voting for only one or the other.
In the US system it doesn’t matter how you vote except in like 7 states.
Well, that wouldn’t be true if everyone voted, but it does bring up the point that winner take all is just a bad representative system.
There is no such thing as a good “representative” system.
More astroturfing
Oh look, another liberal blaming eveybody and anybody except the traish-tier Democrat platform/candidate.