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No, saying you chose this is wrong but saying that Americans chose this is correct because he was democratically elected.
No, if the election was fair, he would have lost. In fact, he would probably be in jail by now. The Republicans have been disenfranchising people for decades including by passing laws and limiting access to voting, there's heavy gerrymandering, disinformation campaigns, etc., etc.
The results of the election are not based on a fair election. Some people actively voted for this, either because they're bad people or willfully ignorant, but many people couldn't vote. For many people who did vote, their vote didn't count the way it should (gerrymandering). Education funds and topics have been cut for decades. People aren't taught how to think critically, and check to see if news they read is factual. Some of this has been going on for decades and we're seeing the compounded results of those tactics.
So, no, America did not vote for this. We were shoehorned into it and now blamed for it. Fuck that noise. We're all at the mercy of these assholes and need to fight back.
He won based on the current rules.
Does that make it all of America's fault? If they make the rules and then win ONLY because of the rules, that doesn't make it everyone's fault. It makes it the fault of the people who made the rules. Don't be obtuse. They want everyone to blame everyone else instead of blaming them. We have to come together or this shit will destroy civilization.
Election rules don’t come out of a vacuum, the people made them.
very naive perspective. bigger forces than "the people" are throwing everything they can at your democracy and this "oh well" attitude is handing your ass to them on a silver platter.
You think I have an oh well attitude because I don’t think I do.
Fair I could be jumping to conclusions. I'm just saying that even if it were true that the majority of Americans chose Trump in a fair election where everyone had equal opportunity to vote, then even that wouldn't mean the people are getting what they wanted. Aggressive misinformation, decades of propaganda, capture of the media, these are all things that we can't blame individuals for that would cause this.
If the United States makes its way out of this, systemic change will be necessary. Capitalism is at the root of this all.