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Have Americans always been this stupid?
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this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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I have stated elsewhere in this thread that I have limited sympathy for the US non-voters. So refer to that if you're curious. I am trying my best not to condemn everybody equally. A free election, in most democracies, means you're free not to go. Perhaps we'd all be fine with non-voters if Mrs. Harris had won. Putting blame at their feet is also shutting the barn door when the horse has already bolted. We should motivate the ones willing to stand up and resist. You don't want to injure their pride and get them to jump on the MAGA bandwagon out of spite.
There are protests taking place. I just saw Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were in the news leading rallies and protests. American and Canadian protesters gathered on either side of one of the lakes, forgot which one. There are people who are saying something. Even GOP voters are shouting down their elected leaders in town hall meetings because Elon chainsawed a benefit that affected them and theirs. It's easy to draw parallels to 1930s Germany but this Trump 2.0 administration will plot its own despicable course.
One of the reasons why you don't see so many mass gatherings like you saw in Serbia recently or Slovakia is also US infrastructure. It's real hard to get thousands of Americans into one place anywhere when there isn't sufficient public transport and it would statistically be 1.2 people per car - you'd need a Rhode Island just for parking.