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[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I wonder what made the majority of those people not vote at all.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Probably go a long way making the days we vote federal holidays.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ignorance. Willful or otherwise, there is no excuse when Trump was broadcasting his plans of dismantling our government to drive inequality and white supremacy.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Couldn't have been successive gerrymandering, anti-voting laws, Democrats becoming Republican-Lite, increasing inflation, steadying wages, Democrats actively touting policies against the popular public mindset, Democrats failing to advertise their wins, Joe Biden going back on his word and waiting too long to drop out, Joe Biden and establishment Dems muting Kamala's & Tim's popular, progressive agenda, Joe Biden dropping out to force the least liked Californian politician to be the presidential front runner, Kamala literally saying she's no different from Joe Biden, that we don't have a federal holiday to allow all people the freedom to step away from the lifeline that is work to exercise their civic duty, on and on.

Nah, it wasn't the system. People are just dumb.

And they are! Hell, I remember seeing interviews on Election Day where people still thought that it was Biden v. Trump. Even Trump forgot he wasn't campaigning against Biden.

Democrats snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. They could have accounted for all of these social issues, but establishment leadership doesn't care for the working class if it means they still get their paycheck and their spotlight in Congress.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl -4 points 3 days ago

Apathy? Laziness? Or are the evil Democrats that kept people from voting against fascism in the room with you right now?

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

the yougov poll showed that it was because they didn't want to be complicit w the gazan genocide

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

Trump: 'Let lsrael finish the job' in Gaza.

That was before the election. Also, everywhere I looked, experts were saying Trump would be worse for Palestinians. And now here we are. If people say they care about this issue, they had a duty to inform themselves about it. I just saw 2 articles about how Palestinian medics were handcuffed and executed. The 2nd was about Israeli snipers shooting children! Harris' administration would have been far better for Palestinians. Plus, unlike Trump, she actually has the capacity of empathy and introspection. We could have pushed back on a lot of Pro-Israel policies and changed a lot. Guarantee it. Trump is worse.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Which is pretty self-righteous, knowing full well that Trump has done for Netanyahu in his first term, and how he openly stated that Israel just needs to “finish the job.”