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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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I’m sure Trudeau is relieved that at least he gets to deal with rational people now.
I spent the last five days terrified that the US was going to cease being a democracy. I still think it would have, if Trump had won, going by what he’s done in the last four years.
Now I can relax, just a little.
Edited by Galadriel on Nov 7th 2020 at 12:21:18 PM
The right-wing prime minister of Slovenia congratulated Trump on his "victory" a day or two ago, but if he reverses course it's likely no one will really care (other than Trump, maybe).
Edited by Eschaton on Nov 7th 2020 at 9:23:13 AM
McConnell has insited there will be a peaceful transition of power.
It's been obvious ever since trump was losing, but Mitch and by extension most other republicans are probably just looking forward to not having to deal with trump and just be the opposition party now.
So I've seen that article from a few pages back about how the next authoritarian president won't be so incompetent, and I gotta be honest, I'm skeptical of the idea that this election proved that Trumpism 'worked'. For starters, there's the obvious fact that Trump lost, but putting that aside for a moment - his share of the vote increased, yes, but I'd argue that had more to do with a combination of increased turnout overall and the population having steadily become more energized and polarised over the last four years - some conservative voters who were previously iffy on Trump because of his 'liberal record' (which you could say back in 2016 without irony, because he had a history of flip-flopping on his political positions before then) probably 'came around', as it were.
Plus, we already knew that Trumpism wasn't going to go away - any GOP official who thinks Trumpism 'works' almost certainly thought so before this election; they didn't need that little vote share increase to finally clinch it for them. Conversely, if Trump had lost in a landslide, I doubt it would have changed their minds.
That being said, I'm very curious about how the Biden Administration will take efforts to insulate democratic processes against Tea-Trump 2.0 going forward. If I were them, that'd be one of my top priorities.
Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!Codifying the various restrictions on what the various branches of government can and can't do into actual law, with concrete penalties for breaking said law and actual mechanisms for removing the rulebreakers from office, would be a good place to start, since the previous "honor system" has been pretty clearly shown to be not worth two farts in a wind tunnel.
Edited by Reflextion on Nov 7th 2020 at 12:34:38 PM
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.![]()
We've all explained many times the problem with this mentality. Yes, these people voted for Trump. They voted for fascism, for hatred, for racism, for intolerance, for economic chaos, for robbing people of healthcare, for kidnapping children, for putting up walls, for police killing minorities, for destroying reproductive rights, for isolationism, for denial of science and rejection of basic truth.
Even if they claim they didn't do these things, that was the effect of their votes. "By their fruits you will know them." As a human, I empathize with the upset of someone who lost a race they were passionate about. I do not sympathize with them at all. They lost their bid for hate.
Edited by Fighteer on Nov 7th 2020 at 1:21:24 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Black and Indian, to boot. Kamala Harris is quite the ace card for representation. There's also a non-trivial chance she becomes President in the next eight years, and I'm not just talking about Biden dying. He's old and could easily retire voluntarily.
Edited by Fighteer on Nov 7th 2020 at 1:15:56 PM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Aww, there's a "Ray of Hope" Ending after all for 2020. Just had to say that.

I have officially added "Visit Philly at least once" to my bucket list in their honor.