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Trump won a majority, and the GOP won the house and senate. It's not all US citizens, but if it's not a majority, it's close enough. Is it really a coup if it's what the majority wanted?
This is hardly a new thing for the US. The world has seen the US elect Bush Jr, who alienated the world with his desire to invade Iraq. Remember Freedom Fries? At the same time that was going on, Canada, which did support the US when it invaded Afghanistan, said that Iraq was a bridge too far, and refused to participate in that. The result was the GOP drumming up anti-Canada hate, people boycotting Canadian products, etc. Then in the years since Bush, the US has elected Trump not once but twice. This is who you guys are now.
And have been for some time. That's why it's frustrating to see all the posts from people who think if Democrats would just move to the left, they'd win. I'm sorry but no. No, they wouldn't. It's frustrating because the right/conservative majority isn't that large. Maaaybe if we didn't have the electoral college, there would be some shifting to the left, but it wouldn't be as much as the left thinks it would be. (braces for downvotes)
It's not really so much about the party moving "left" as much as them not appealing to their base or representing their constituents' ideals. Kamala was asked if she'd done anything differently than Biden and she said no. When most Americans are facing economic uncertainty, that's about the worst thing you can possibly say. People vote for change and they weren't willing to sell that. They too went on TV and said the economy is great because of the stock market.
The party has no teeth, they're not willing to talk about major issues like economic inequality because they too have to bend the knee to the oligarchs. Bernie had the right idea by fundraising on grassroots but the party seems to think they can keep toeing the middle and appeal to the "moderate Democrat" which simply doesn't exist.
Tru.p won a majority of who showed up.
More effort on the political right was spent on making voting more difficult and driving voter apathy ("Genocide Joe") than on getting people to vote for Trump, because Trump.would never win if everyone showed up.
He's the only President to never reach 50% approval ratings. He's objectively the least-popular President in US History. The only way to get him back into office was to reduce voter turnout.
If you didn't show up you supported the winner. End of story, show up or get lumped in with the winner.
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Whatever makes you feel better.
This is far far worse than Junior or Trump's first term. Elon Musk has taken control of three important government agencies including the Treasury. People gotta wake up, it's really bad and we're two weeks in.
It's a catastrophe.
Yep!
Nope, respectfully I disagree. It isn't who I am, and it isn't who anyone I associate with is. Have you ever considered that First Past The Post voting is incredibly problematic?
Yeah, FPTP sucks, but pretending "this isn't who we are" is just sticking your head in the sand. If it isn't who you are, you should probably move to a country that better reflects your values.
This is right wing rhetoric.
'If you don't like it, then leave' is a nationalistic approach that is unhealthy for a country and it's people. It's also inherently ableist as it assumes that anyone who doesn't want to be somewhere has the means to be able to leave easily.
Pretending an entire nation of people support the presiding leader is also pretty naive and would likely get you flamed if you said it about other hot button countries such as Russia, China, Palestine, Israel, Iran, or any of the multitudes of countries that have problematic leadership.
I notice that people don't blame the citizens of most countries with despotic leaders for their government's bad behavior, but they do blame Americans, assuming that the US is a true democracy. It isn't and never has been. Yet we do have a bit more control than many of those other countries, but it takes massive action by a large majority over a long time, to change anything.
You might be right. Where do you suggest?
Depends on the languages you speak, what you do for work, whether you're moving alone or with family, how much of a culture shock you could take, etc.
Yes, it does. I think I'll stay where I am, thanks. There's plenty of sand for me to stick my head in. Have a great day.