Originally posted on https://www.reddit.com/r/AntifascistsofReddit/comments/1iak445/stand_together_no_surrender/ by /u/JaneOfKish
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Internet disinformation is making this regime seem far more popular than it is. Don’t let that bullshit dishearten you, that’s what the fascists want. The majority is not cool with this, and we can stop it.
It's hard to believe that "the majority is not cool with this", because that fucker did win the elections. The American people voted for him, how could it be that the majority doesn't want exactly what he's doing?
There was at least some fuckery involved in their win, admittedly.
Gerrymandering and them nullifying voter registrations definitely had a pronounced impact.
Indeed. And I was referring to Trump's weird rambling that "Elon Musk knows 'those vote counting computers'". There is also this report pointing to vote manipulation in Clark County, NV : https://electiontruthalliance.org/clark-county%2C-nv (and hopefully more reports to come)
I’ll note that he didn’t win a majority, just a larger majority than Harris. This win was narrower than his first one iirc, the swing state bullshit just made it seem more dramatic
A plurality of the people who voted is not the same as the majority of people in the US.
I mean not voting is often/in many places the most popular American presidential candidate, obviously not just because plenty are stupid or apathetic, but also because it's been made pretty hard to vote in many places.
It's more accurate to say that the majority didn't (manage to) vote against him. So the conclusion is more like the majority didn't care enough to prevent this, instead of the majority wanted this.
To you it might feel no different but seen from the outside it very much is different. The consequences are still bad, but your consequence shouldn't be resignation, Americas citizens failed themselves sure but they aren't overwhelmingly monsters.
With the amount of fuckery in terms of media and the whole election process in the US this is a more fair assesment.
Because the voting system of USA is bad at reflecting what people really want. It was designed from beginning to not be fair.
Because unfortunately we're a selfish country. That's just how it is...
The options proffered were "genocide by a blue president", or "genocide by a red president." This election was incapable of recognizing a majority position of "no genocide".