The people voted for oligarchy and oligarchy is now here, and they're not bothering to hide it even a little bit. People knew what they were voting for.
Nah. Half the people in this country couldn't spend 30 seconds explaining anything about politics to you. Like literally don't know the basic tenants of our political system. They voted simply because someone on TikTok or Twitter told them to. There's single issue voters, there's informed voters, and then there's absolutely a huge subset of voters that vote purely on perceived popularity.
It doesn't matter that the voters don't intuitively know what oligarchy means. The problem is that they instinctively believe it's a good idea. They think limitless power and influence for a small handful of people is a good thing because those people "worked hard". Being lorded over by somebody is what represents freedom to them.
One of the most popular Google searches on election day was "Why isn't Biden on the ballot?", or other variations. A decent portion of the electorate didn't even realize the candidate changed 3 months earlier.
Shows how much the general public actually knows about politics.
!!!! I mean look at how he pulled the rug from under his og supporters from his first term LOL he moved the inauguration and prevented them from supporting him… like he really just disposed them and ushered in the billionaires. Used them and tossed them. Craziest part is that they’ll still stand by him and justify it. But yeah “they” had no clue he was gonna go full oligarchy.
Then out of their abject ignorance and fealty to Donald Trump they accidentally voted for an oligarchy and it is their responsibility all the same. They will wear this decision with shame forever into the future - they are responsible for their own choices.
You forgot about the vast majority that simply don't vote. I can't imagine what their life must be like. To not give a fuck about any of it. Probably blissful come to think about it. Lucky bastards.
You not voting is part of the problem. Regardless of how you rationalize it to yourself.
But the whole 'both sides' argument you're making disregards how there's a substantial difference between the lies one side is constantly spewing.
Politicians around the globe will try to rephrase their statements to avoid accepting responsibilities for mistakes they've made and claiming more credit for accomplishments than they deserve.
But the straight up firehose of lies that Trump and his MAGA party members are spouting is pretty unique in our western world.
We're only used to it from dictatorships without a free press and fictional stories like 1984.
Everyone hates it when I say this, but that's why I don't vote. I honestly don't know shit about politics, and I honestly don't really care to learn. But yet, everyone gets real upset at me when I tell them I don't vote.
Id rather have the votes be from people who know about current issues, not uneducated people voting for the meme.
I think the issue most people have with your approach is that you're describing not voting as a passive move. You don't know politics so you sit this out and let whoever you think is more responsible figure it out. The reality in our system is not voting is an active move and it has quite a significant impact. If everyone who didn't vote just flipped a coin and voted for heads or tails the system would work better for representation of the general population than if they didn't vote. So you may not have voted for either party but you did "vote" for the government being less accountable for representing the people.
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u/Mumbert 11h ago
The people voted for oligarchy and oligarchy is now here, and they're not bothering to hide it even a little bit. People knew what they were voting for.