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Kamala Harris Paid the Price for Not Breaking With Biden on Gaza, New Poll Shows (www.dropsitenews.com)

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Twenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was the top reason they sat the 2024 election, according to a survey by YouGov.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, you get the worst option for one or two terms, but you would hopefully force the Democratic party to reform and stop supporting Genocides in the long term.

I'm not entirely convinced that the USA still has terms.

[–] DreamlandLividity 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

If ye mean it as a meme, then yes, haha.

If you are actually worried, then don't be. However much capitalists may suck, they won't allow a dictator who could confiscate their wealth to take over. It's against their own self-interest. And they have enough influence over media, politicians and probably some assassins to remove Trump if needed. That's why communist democracies turn authoritarian pretty much on day one, while the very capitalistic ones tend to survive.

If Trump was actually smart and competent, maybe there would be a risk, but as is, I am not worried.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

On the other hand, I bet they would love to have a dictator THEY can control. Trump is very easy to manipulate. It's much cheaper to give Trump a bribe than to spend billions influencing the voters. Take Elon Musk, for example. He spent 44 billion dollars to control Twitter, and it didn't even work right. The platform is dying. 44 billion to control the internet's agora, and then he broke it with his incompetence. On the other hand, 277 million to buy Trump is a fantastic investment.

[–] DreamlandLividity 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

And it is infinitely safer to pay off the next president as well, then to remove the safeguards that protect them from government power.

No, if anything, I expect them using Trump to rig the next election even more, so they can control future puppet presidents even better. Not in obvious ways like ballot stuffing. But campaign donations, access to information, etc. And rotate the puppets out before they can get too powerful and dangerous.