▲ 1194 ▼ Renee Good Not an Activist, Had Just Dropped Son at School (www.mediaite.com) submitted 7 months ago by Redditsux@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 child) One third of Americans voted for this. Another one third didn't vote at all. What makes you think Americans are going to rebel? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I don't think they will, I have also written many posts that reflect that, I use the same numbers to say two thirds either voted for Trump, or were OK with him winning. If they weren't OK with it they would have voted. So I think a very large portion of the population is actually OK with all the shit that is going on, or they don't care. I also think the risk of American democracy ending with Trump is very high. How high IDK, maybe 20-30% or maybe higher. Certainly not below 20% And that's an insanely high number for a country that has had democracy since 1789, although it was a very limited democracy, and it is still a deeply flawed democracy. But still many Americans have trusted the checks and balances, but Trump has shown several times that they don't work. And the American population hasn't shown nearly enough will to do anything to prevent it. And now we are at a point that even if they do, they may be playing directly into Trumps hands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) I don't think they will, I have also written many posts that reflect that, I use the same numbers to say two thirds either voted for Trump, or were OK with him winning. If they weren't OK with it they would have voted. So I think a very large portion of the population is actually OK with all the shit that is going on, or they don't care. I also think the risk of American democracy ending with Trump is very high. How high IDK, maybe 20-30% or maybe higher. Certainly not below 20% And that's an insanely high number for a country that has had democracy since 1789, although it was a very limited democracy, and it is still a deeply flawed democracy. But still many Americans have trusted the checks and balances, but Trump has shown several times that they don't work. And the American population hasn't shown nearly enough will to do anything to prevent it. And now we are at a point that even if they do, they may be playing directly into Trumps hands. permalink fedilink source parent