No, we're not expecting someone else to stop it. We voted for this. The evil is not imposed on us. It is us.

Not everyone, but a majority. The minority is looking for ways to stop it, but it requires getting literally everyone else to work together. Which means any disagreement among them results in a loss, and more of the same evil.

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janalsncm 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Roughly 1/3 voted for the winner, 1/3 for the loser, and the rest didn’t vote.

A majority did not choose this.

	▲	snarf21 4 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not voting against evil is indeed voting for evil and that is what the net majority did. The minority doesn't have a charismatic leader to rally around so we don't have a "movement" that can fight back against the corruption at scale. Democrats need to stop taking the high road and start thinking "WWRD?" and out do them.
	▲	CivBase 14 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I even wonder how much of the 1/3 who voted for him now regret it.

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zeezer0 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's not a majority at all. it's a manipulating minority.

	▲	jfengel 4 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It was a majority of voters. If you include all of the non-voters as tacitly consenting to it, then it's an overwhelming majority. That's not entirely accurate; quite a few non-voters were prevented from voting in one way or another. But most non-voters chose not to vote. Quite a few were explicit about having some disagreement with the primary opponent and concluded that the two sides are equivalent.
	▲	burnto an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		And a population that seems content being manipulated.
	▲	doublerabbit an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fraudulent minority too. Let's not forget Elon Musk was paying folk to vote for.

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RobotToaster an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Less than half of people who voted voted for Trump, and turnout was 64%.

Being allowed to chose between two evils every few years isn't democracy.

	▲	krapp 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That's been the system for over 200 years and Americans have never changed it, even though it only exists as it does to keep slaveowning states in the union and prevent a civil war (which it failed to do.) If it isn't democracy now, it's never been democracy.