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The US's democracy has been systematically and continuously eroded for decades, from defunding of the arts/education, defunding of social services, citizens united, consolidation of all media outlets under a few wealthy individuals that shape the US narrative. The people are misinformed, and even so a large majority of those who aren't are impoverished and barely surviving. Election day isn't a holiday meaning some of them can't afford to take time off to vote. And that's ignoring the gerrymandering and voter suppression that's been rampant for decades now too, swaying local and statewide elections. Most people don't want this, but everything is working against us, most of us don't want this and didn't vote for him or his chronies. And for the people in the comments saying "that's not how a democracy works" CORRECT ours has been dying since the 80's at the least, and it's not like America was this shining rod of democracy before that either. It's not the citizens doing this, they don't have any say in this type of thing, it's those who have forced, bribed, and conned their way into power doing everything.
As an American I genuinely fear for the upcoming primaries because in no way do I trust that the results will be legitimate, and even if they are I feel as though they'll be fucking ignored.