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RockRaven

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8. One can decry the antidemocratic nature of the EC and various voting laws and gerrymandering,

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 02:47 PM

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but if even a modest fraction of the 90 MILLION eligible Americans who didn't bother to vote had made not destroying the country and their own future a priority then we wouldn't be where we are right now. Those structural deficiencies can be overwhelmed, but they were not despite the stakes.

An absolute majority of American citizens (80M + 90M = 170M) chose to destroy the country. Obsessing over the small cohort actually enacting the destruction is not sufficient. We have to grapple with this rotten foundation.

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The United States is destroying itself. -Rebecca Solnit [View all] CousinIT Sunday OP

The traitor and his party took advantage of an antiquated, ossified document that never got updated. dalton99a Sunday #1

Decades of effort got us to this point. A slow poisoning of the target. Blue_Adept Sunday #2

+1. We're probably at the apex of the evolution of the modern Republican Party dalton99a Sunday #3

Examples? Not Remotely At The Levels Of What Trump Has Done. ColoringFool Sunday #4

Oh there was a LOT of groundwork set down for drumph Nittersing Sunday #6

A job WELL DONE by Trump and company usonian Sunday #5

Loved this quote: misanthrope Sunday #7

One can decry the antidemocratic nature of the EC and various voting laws and gerrymandering, RockRaven Sunday #8

And it has been devastating to watch. yellow dahlia Sunday #9

Much easier to destroy than to rebuild Martin Eden 19 hrs ago #10

Has been since the late 70s SocialDemocrat61 18 hrs ago #11