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It's beyond me how the Americans could elect this fucking moron. He can't even control his sphincters, how on earth did they expect him to run a country
I don’t think it’s a correct line of reasoning to suggest that a majority Americans voted for donald trump. A vocal minority certainly did, but a long way from a majority. If we take voter turnout to be about 60% and assume that trump got around half of the vote, it looks to me like actually under one in three Americans actually voted for him. Still way too high. However, I would suggest that even this figure is misleading. I would bet a large, large sum of money that there was more foul play at work in the 2024 election than previous elections. We already know about the large number of voters purged from databases in swing states just before the election. I would suggest candidly that there was significant fuckery at the voting booth as well, not just in front and behind it. A more pointed question then becomes: who in the fuck thought all this was a good idea, and the answer is probably not all that complicated I expect. Complacency, panic, and apes with too many bananas. Fuck my life it’s all so terribly annoying.
My line of reasoning is that American democracy was flawed from the moment the constitution was written. Too much focus on liberty. Not enough focus on electoral systems, and the potential problems of each.
No mandatory voting + first past the post counting has resulted in extremist politics. You don’t need to gain the support of the majority of americans, just the undying loyalty of a small amount, and disnenfranchising the rest.
I can see America moving to the Alternative Vote. But even better if Americans move to Mixed Member Representation. I can’t see how America will ever move to mandatory voting though. Everytime i’ve tried to convince Americans that this is required to foster a larger, more civics educated, more engaged populace, i get shouted down that it’s unconstitutional. Yes i know it’s unconstitutional, but you guys have amendments.
And for that note, i think American constitutional law is stupid. The supreme court should not get to decide laws by interpretation. If the law is ambiguous, throw it back to congress to work it out.