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colinbartlett 2 days ago

Sorry, but this does not place enough blame on those that didn't vote (about 90 million people). I will hold responsible anyone with a heartbeat who did not vote at all in 2024.

Terr_ 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Lately I've noticed a social trend, where whomever you critique for The Current Mess, someone else is afraid that indirectly lifts justified blame from another group. Maybe that just reflects how we humans have limited capacity for attention and outrage, and there's too much to fix at once.

For example, the split between:

1. The willfully-culpable Republican party.

2. The inept/uninspiring Democratic party.

3. The lazy/clueless non-voters.

I'm not sure how to solve that problem... maybe arguing over prioritization is necessary.

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P.S.: For something more-actionable, how about this: Many problems exist, individual humans aren't built to consider them all simultaneously and coequally, be kind to well-meaning allies that are focusing on a particular piece.

jordanpg 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

But Kamala Harris was not perfect in every respect. In fact, she had several policy preferences that don't align perfectly with my own. In a lot of ways, she was just like Trump. Also, she was not a very good public speaker. /s

max51 2 days ago | parent [-]

When she tried to run in the primary in 2020, she was last place and considered a joke candidate. If even the Democrats don't like her, do you expect republicans to be charmed by her and switch sides?

kagakuninja 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

We hoped that the party of law and order, of Christian morality would not re-elect a convicted rapist, convicted financial fraudster, serial adulterer, pathelogical liar and instigator of America's first coup attempt.

Even Liz Cheney was supporting Harris. This wasn't about "charm", it was about saving democracy. And now we are fucked...

8note 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

she did get a whole ton of votes from people that didnt want trump in again.

int_19h 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Against Trump second term? Absolutely, it shouldn't even have been a contest for anyone with a modicum of common sense.