Niiiice. Yeah Ive just been going ham on all the posts I could see and started noticing that a good number of them were your posts and I was hoping you didn't think I was just spamming you. Should make a difference!
You can extrapolate that the voting population approximately represents the non-voting population. Or, if you are a prick, you can say that non-voters didn't want this but refrained from voting and are therefore to blame, in which case they still chose this.
America has always been a racists, bigoted, sexist, right-wing playground. The only thing that has changed is that now they don't have to hide it.
That’s not half of ordinary Americans that’s those who voted within the turnout.
America has always been a racists, bigoted, sexist, right-wing playground. The only thing that has changed is that now they don't have to hide it.
The 13 colonies was vastly different from the modern 50 states.
You shouldn’t paint the various time periods in American history the same broad brush.
America was not the same as it is today. FDR was magnitudes of a better man than Donald Trump ever was. Not to mention the populace’s beliefs have evolved over time.
You didn't say voters, you said Americans. You are trying to say something about all Americans, it seems.
I will ask again: where are you moving the goalposts to next?
Edit: for clarity on why I am responding: a very small percentage of Americans wanted this. Our electoral system is shit. When you say a large percentage of Americans wanted this you are not only incorrect, but you are giving a mandate to a man who doesn't have one.
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MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 1y
Release the Trump-Epstein files
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
Normalize calling them the Trump/Epstein Files
We changed people saying "Trump fucked kids" to "Trump rapes kids" in just a few days.
Phrasing matters, and it especially matters to him. Once we call it the Trump/Epstein files, news orgs will too.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Fixed
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Niiiice. Yeah Ive just been going ham on all the posts I could see and started noticing that a good number of them were your posts and I was hoping you didn't think I was just spamming you. Should make a difference!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
No worries, just a quick edit to my clip board.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y
SoupBrick@pawb.social · 36 pts · 1y
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 1y
he might be losing but the bubble he lives in says he's winning
themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y
Right, he's winning the war because he's not on America's side.
Dadifer@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
But the real question is... is he personally richer? If so, then it's working.
comrade_twisty@feddit.org · 23 pts · 1y
He got a glass statue on a gold base from Tim Apple, so I guess he’s winning.
TomMasz@piefed.social · 8 pts · 1y
The one and only metric.
hddsx@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y
The wealth of the monarch is the wealth of the state
Dadifer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Welcome to the 1600s.
hddsx@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
We’re not there yet. Right now we’re working on appealing the 19th, it sounds like. So early 1900s
tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
There's an important revenue boost from tariffs. On the other hand, Trump's is defunding a lot a federal organizations. Where is the money going?
andyburke@fedia.io · 20 pts · 1y
Billionaire tax cuts.
imrighthere@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 1y
About 170 billion is going to form the gestapo, the rest is going in his pockets.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
Tariffs are just another tax on Americans.
sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · -2 pts · 1y
nik282000@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
About half of 'ordinary americans' wanted this.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 1y
77.3m american voters directly cast their ballot for Donald Trump in 2024. That's hardly half.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y
Doesn't matter.
nik282000@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
77M of 155M or 49%, about half.
You can extrapolate that the voting population approximately represents the non-voting population. Or, if you are a prick, you can say that non-voters didn't want this but refrained from voting and are therefore to blame, in which case they still chose this.
America has always been a racists, bigoted, sexist, right-wing playground. The only thing that has changed is that now they don't have to hide it.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · -2 pts · 1y
That’s not half of ordinary Americans that’s those who voted within the turnout.
The 13 colonies was vastly different from the modern 50 states.
You shouldn’t paint the various time periods in American history the same broad brush.
America was not the same as it is today. FDR was magnitudes of a better man than Donald Trump ever was. Not to mention the populace’s beliefs have evolved over time.
andyburke@fedia.io · -7 pts · 1y
Citation needed. There are over 300M Americans. How many voted for this?
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 1y
77M voted for this. those who did not vote, voted for this as well, by not voting. only 1/3 of them voted against it
andyburke@fedia.io · -15 pts · 1y
Where the goalposts at now?
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
huh? "what you talkin 'bout Willis?"
andyburke@fedia.io · -1 pts · 1y
77/300 = 26%
Edit: looked it up. US pop in 2024 was about 340M. So 77/340 = 23%
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Did you account for under 18s, non-citizens, or others disqualified from voting? How does that match with only ~155m votes cast?
andyburke@fedia.io · -3 pts · 1y
YOU said Americans. You didn't say voters, you didn't say adults, you didn't qualify anything.
See my edit above if you are still wanting to argue this.
Penguincoder@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 1y
174m voted.
So 77/174 = 44%
So, about half voted for this, is correct.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 1y
That's an abysmal low turnout of 64.1%, first-past-the-post screwed America once again.
andyburke@fedia.io · -3 pts · 1y
You didn't say voters, you said Americans. You are trying to say something about all Americans, it seems.
I will ask again: where are you moving the goalposts to next?
Edit: for clarity on why I am responding: a very small percentage of Americans wanted this. Our electoral system is shit. When you say a large percentage of Americans wanted this you are not only incorrect, but you are giving a mandate to a man who doesn't have one.
swordgeek@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
It's only losing if you believe the goal was actually to improve the US economy.