Don Escobar@lemmy.world to USA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWe want to thank the undecideds, 3rd parties, socialists and others!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageWe want to thank the undecideds, 3rd parties, socialists and others!lemmy.worldDon Escobar@lemmy.world to USA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHRDS_654@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·8 months agoI wasn’t trying to scapegoat any party in particular. At it’s most fundamental level this was about racism and misogyny.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·8 months agoI don’t think that’s accurate. At it’s most fundamental level this is about 100,000,000 voters who can’t afford to miss a badly-needed day’s pay, something that hasn’t been addressed by either ruling party.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoAustralia has the right idea, mandatory voting on a national holiday.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s no one single thing at the most fundamental level. That is the biggest falsehood anyone will ever convince you of. Any one of a hundred, a thousand, a million things could have changed and made enough of a difference. That doesn’t mean they were the only thing.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd as long as that’s the only takeaway from this election, they’ll continue ceding victories to the Republicans.
I wasn’t trying to scapegoat any party in particular. At it’s most fundamental level this was about racism and misogyny.
I don’t think that’s accurate.
At it’s most fundamental level this is about 100,000,000 voters who can’t afford to miss a badly-needed day’s pay, something that hasn’t been addressed by either ruling party.
Australia has the right idea, mandatory voting on a national holiday.
You’re not wrong.
It’s no one single thing at the most fundamental level. That is the biggest falsehood anyone will ever convince you of.
Any one of a hundred, a thousand, a million things could have changed and made enough of a difference. That doesn’t mean they were the only thing.
And as long as that’s the only takeaway from this election, they’ll continue ceding victories to the Republicans.