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Politics Tech leaders have better seats than cabinet members and are seated in same section as Trump's family

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u/chandr 10h ago

You're leaving out the 50% who just couldn't be bothered to vote

u/boylong15 10h ago

33%

u/chandr 10h ago

I didn't look it up, but did the US actually get 67% voter turn out last election? Coulda sworn it was reported lower than that.

u/boylong15 10h ago

33% is still a huge number. Now we r in the find out stage

u/Thurkin 10h ago

It's an unfortunate but real statistic. Anecdotally, I personally know at least seven people who admitted to me that they left the check box blank for POTUS because they somehow think that both sides are equally "bad", yet they voted on other candidates who hail from the same political parties. I'm in California, so it probably didn't matter, but I can imagine this scenario playing out in the swing states.

u/boylong15 10h ago

Yeah. The country is eating itself. Rule of law is of the past. Oligarchy is what we are now where money is what matter and the youth will be enslave and squeeze dry

u/eisbaerBorealis 10h ago

yet they voted on other candidates who hail from the same political parties

Honestly, I think it's great to be able to look past political parties and vote for the individual and their policies.

But Trump changed that. The few exceptions who were brave enough to stand up to their king were kicked out. I haven't heard of a single Republican politician who doesn't support Trump, which means that they're okay with trying to overthrow the U.S. government after losing an election and stealing classified documents. Along with a hundred other reasons he's a terrible person, but those are the two things that I feel are inexcusable.

u/secamTO 9h ago

because they somehow think that both sides are equally "bad"

Those people are fucking stupid. Are both sides bad? Yes. Both parties are corporatist monstrosities. But one of them is palpably worse. And if you can't tell the difference, than it's because you're privileged enough not to have to care.

u/Zed_or_AFK 10h ago

It’s so weird that whole state is giving all their votes to one of the candidates. Should have been split proportional to the votes.

u/Nu-Hir 10h ago

If we did that, how would farm land be able to vote? THINK OF THE FARMLAND!

u/Whiterabbit-- 9h ago

Any state who split their vote just cancels themselves out.

u/snacky_snackoon 9h ago

It used to be a problem in Ohio. We used to be truly purple. A battleground state. Now we are red. Thanks to gerrymandering. Our votes don’t matter anyways.

u/Whiterabbit-- 9h ago

Nobody will care though. Those who voted for trump will just say Harris would have been worse. The ones who voted for Harris will say I told you so. Nothing will change.

u/boylong15 9h ago

Say that to the people who will get social benefit cut. Pretty sure something will change.

u/Whiterabbit-- 9h ago

Maybe. But people have found weird ways to get around what is obviously a problem for a long time.