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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Most of us can, and are also stunned by the dunbass other half of the population

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Ironically I think you meant to type "dumbass" while criticizing reading comprehension.

I get it, probably on mobile, but I couldn't NOT reply.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

*Slightly less than half ~~most~~ of us can, and are stunned by the dumbass other half of the population FTFY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 56 minutes ago

Your math assumes 100% of the population votes.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago

Roughly 1/3 of the voting age population.

About 1/3rd of the voting age population do not vote.

We're outnumbered 2:1

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

...as was the case in 1933 Germany...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Sure but a lot didn’t care. Less voters this time Trump votes stayed steady so. Lots of people who voted Biden where ok with Trump getting in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

clearly it's more than half...

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's not though. Voting is not mandatory and voter turnout in the US hovers only around 35-40% of the eligible population, on the high side.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The non-voters are also dumb.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Once you take into account registered voters versus eligible citizens, and the turnout of registered voters... It actually comes out to more like 25% of eligible citizens actually voting, and that's on the high side.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

like the other commenter said, both trump voters as people who do not vote are stupid (except for those who were physically unable to vote in any way)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I mean they may or may not be stupid, but you can guarantee that issues like rape, solvency, bigotry, tyranny, autonomy, and religious freedom, are all not a concern to them. At least until it suddenly is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nope, 1/3 of the population never votes. That's around 100 million people. And neither party has close to 50% of the US population, so it doesn't come down to a little more than half no matter who wins.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And the people that don’t vote don’t matter cause they don’t care either way.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago

Or they do care but don't see enough of a difference between parties to matter which is in power