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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 159 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (52 children)

I also blame the 90M eligible voters that abstained from the election. Think about that for a second. There were 13M more people that did nothing, than all of the people that voted for Trump.

Welcome to adulthood. Make a choice or one will be made for you. If you stand for nothing, then you’ll fall for anything.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago (7 children)

I wonder what made the majority of those people not vote at all.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ignorance. Willful or otherwise, there is no excuse when Trump was broadcasting his plans of dismantling our government to drive inequality and white supremacy.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Couldn't have been successive gerrymandering, anti-voting laws, Democrats becoming Republican-Lite, increasing inflation, steadying wages, Democrats actively touting policies against the popular public mindset, Democrats failing to advertise their wins, Joe Biden going back on his word and waiting too long to drop out, Joe Biden and establishment Dems muting Kamala's & Tim's popular, progressive agenda, Joe Biden dropping out to force the least liked Californian politician to be the presidential front runner, Kamala literally saying she's no different from Joe Biden, that we don't have a federal holiday to allow all people the freedom to step away from the lifeline that is work to exercise their civic duty, on and on.

Nah, it wasn't the system. People are just dumb.

And they are! Hell, I remember seeing interviews on Election Day where people still thought that it was Biden v. Trump. Even Trump forgot he wasn't campaigning against Biden.

Democrats snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. They could have accounted for all of these social issues, but establishment leadership doesn't care for the working class if it means they still get their paycheck and their spotlight in Congress.

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