Don Escobar@lemmy.world to USA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWe want to thank the undecideds, 3rd parties, socialists and others!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageWe want to thank the undecideds, 3rd parties, socialists and others!lemmy.worldDon Escobar@lemmy.world to USA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHRDS_654@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·8 days 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-up4arrow-down4·8 days 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 days agoAustralia has the right idea, mandatory voting on a national holiday.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days 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.
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.