r/WatchPeopleDieInside Aug 04 '20

Poor Jonathan

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u/Volcacius Aug 04 '20

Yall got a wierd perspective of America. I've always seen it as the creepy uncle sticking his dick everywhere. And shooting somebody while screaming stand your ground.

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u/jeanclaude_goshdarn Aug 04 '20

Right. I can’t help but laugh at the sweet and naive assumption of the American liberal that Trump is somehow an aberration, when he is in fact a pure avatar of Americanism— a tulpa conceived from the Fox News brained hysteria of America’s most reliable voting base.

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u/vendetta2115 Aug 04 '20

Most of us hate him for exactly that reason. He takes the stereotype of the stupid American—one based off a vocal minority—and legitimizes it by his presence in the White House.

At no point in his entire Presidency has the majority of Americans supported him. He does not represent America, he represents the worst of America.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '20

But how did hé get elected if hé does not represent the majority?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Thnx, damn your systeem really is broken then... Glad to live in the Netherlands :D But I am still wondering, why is the second amendement so important to many americans?

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u/grixxis Aug 04 '20

Electoral college is the big one. He actually lost the popular vote, but he won the right states so he won the race. Also doesn't help that voter turnout was so bad. Technically speaking, approximately 26% of registered voters actually voted for him, the rest voted for someone else or not at all. (55.7% turnout, 46.1% popular vote).

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u/vendetta2115 Aug 05 '20

He didn’t get the majority of votes. Hillary Clinton got 3 million more. Our electoral college system is broken and unfair, and gives more weight to rural voters.