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What should someone even do to respond to a viewpoint like this?
I mean, some support of reform in your congress and senate would be a good answer. Allowance from people outside the two anointed parties to come forward and propose good ideas even if they don't affiliate themselves with the oligarchs running things in the republican and democratic parties - fix that First Past The Post bullshit, you all know it's bad for you. Reform of how you count votes, gerrymandering is literally destroying your elections. Reform of how many representatives there are for each state - you're telling me even though California has 17 million more people than Florida, they have the same number of senators? Or maybe it'd be nice if your cops wouldn't be above the law and always getting away with murdering minorities, that would help. Or maybe reform of your education and healthcare systems, which feed all your money in the pockets of the same fucks who then force you into labor for the "luxury" of taking an ambulance to the hospital when you're sick, or earning a higher education. Reform of your for-profit prison system that jails minorities to further increase your class divide. Or reform of your diplomatic relations with countries known for genocide. Reform of so many different things... But I think most of all, it would really have sent a message if instead of making him president, you'd have just jailed the convicted felon that has ties to one of your biggest enemies. Cause otherwise you're just painting the picture that corruption has overtaken you.
And hey, it's not you as a person that is responsible for any of this. But this is how it looks like from the outside. Your majority has decided you're gonna be corrupt fucks for the next few years and that you as a nation are gonna exchange the lives of women for a red hat and a fake tan. If that's what the majority decides, that's the impression your country will leave. I'm truly sorry about it for the many actually reasonable people that are left. Perhaps now is a good time to consider emigration.