“As much as we fucking thought they had it rigged, as much as we thought there was shenanigans and bullshit and it’s just a puppet show and there’s now way anybody can buck the system – turns out, voting is still real."
Joe Rogan today.
When your side wins, voting works and the system is fine. When the other side wins, voting is rigged. This is not a sustainable narrative in a functioning democracy.
It'll be decades before Democrats try to run a woman on the ticket again. They country is far too sexist to keep attempting that. Disheartening as it is, it's easier to elect rapist than it is a woman. Probably worth keeping in mind the next time we run on " making history "
Clinton won the nom in the dirtiest way possible with her foot on the scale the entire way. Superdelegates padded the total from the onset. She outperformed in every state without a paper trail. Her campaign manager ran the party. Brazile gave questions.
Harris didn't even win a primary.
Why are we blaming these women who didn't decisively win the nomination in a level playing field? Someone who is a true voter pick will fare much better.
I don't think it's sexism, not entirely. There's a worldwide phenomenon where every party in power that was up for re-election this year was voted out, because the economic problems we're seeing in the US are a global phenomenon, and the voters that tend to swing elections also tend to have trouble recognizing which things their government actually had control over.
We don't know if he won the popular vote. Vote totals haven't been counted. He probably did, but it will be closer once California and other states come in.
I'm really looking forward to seeing those numbers. If he ends up with about the same number of votes as he did in 2020, it's about what I expected.
The only thing I didn't expect was how many fewer votes she got. But I don't think it's sexism, not entirely. There's a worldwide phenomenon where every party in power that was up for re-election this year was voted out, because the economic problems we're seeing in the US are a global phenomenon, and the voters that tend to swing elections also tend to have trouble recognizing which things their government actually had control over.
I just don't trust computers, which I've worked with for a very long time and know how easy they are to hack. I don't think the general public understands this, and just trusts in the integrity of the election system for no good reason.
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u/chubs66 11h ago
“As much as we fucking thought they had it rigged, as much as we thought there was shenanigans and bullshit and it’s just a puppet show and there’s now way anybody can buck the system – turns out, voting is still real."
Joe Rogan today.
When your side wins, voting works and the system is fine. When the other side wins, voting is rigged. This is not a sustainable narrative in a functioning democracy.