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Summary

Despite Trump’s criminal record, serial lying, and racist demagoguery, he won the 2024 US presidential election, reflecting America’s deep-seated anxieties and cultural divisions.

Trump’s celebrity persona, economic populism, and culture warrior appeals resonated with his base, while Kamala Harris faced challenges in defining herself and overcoming gender and racial biases.

The election underscores the decay of American democracy, raising concerns about the future of the nation.

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[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Dems punched left instead of right... Enabled a genocide and lost the support of their base.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surprise.... genocide is going to continue even faster and more so now that trump is in power. All the voters who sat out because of gaza are fucking idiots and will now get to see gaza completely destroyed and helped by the US even more with trump....and they get to watch Ukrainians die as well...and probably Taiwan.

So good job dipshits.

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

See this is where your train of reasoning is stupid and pointless. You're blaming and shaming millions of individual voters, most of which will never read your comments and the ones who do won't get a shit what you think 😘

Instead of trying to alter the individual behavior of all those people, maybe we should just give them what they want to vote for instead. But hey it don't matter democracy is over.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

When you're staring at fascist you don't decide to not pull the trigger when they've got a gun pointed at you. Now was not the time to protest vote.

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow! Shaming millions of individual voters sure worked in 2016 and 2024. I'm glad you're still doing it /s

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yea millions of voters that might not get a chance to make a change now that the turnip is going to get into power...and add 2 more lifelong theocratic judges to the scotus.....yea that'll teach em....

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Exactly so your shaming and blaming is even more useless now.

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Whiners like you enabled the genocide. What are you gonna do about it now, write the White House, " plz mister Trump I did my best to generate voter apathy so you can get elected, plz stop the genocide now"

Now the Dems have NO political power, and geniuses like you will most certainly continue to blame them for not stopping Trump and the Republicans from finishing the job.

Congrats, Quisling! You win!

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

What you're doing right now is the real culprit... punching left. I voted and I'm in a solid blue state so my electoral votes would have went to Kamala regardless but you're not going to get that and I guess it really doesn't matter cuz you're never going to have a chance to vote in real election again anyway.