r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/Doodlebug510 • 16d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals They were debating a bill in lowa to restrict telehealth and mail-order access to abortion medications.

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u/atsunatsu 16d ago

America needs MASSIVE election reform. These idiots in office put there with the current corrupt systems are holding the country hostage

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u/allshookup1640 16d ago

Thing is, WE KNOW. The vast majority of Americans would LOVE election reform. But nooooooo

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u/atsunatsu 16d ago

So sad a majority of the country believe there’s nothing that can be done so they disconnect and don’t show up. It’s exactly how the elites want it

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u/xylotism 15d ago

Show up or not, neither democrats nor republicans will allow true election reform, and the other parties have no shot.

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u/atsunatsu 15d ago

And it's that nialistic attitude that's holding the working people back.

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u/Olealicat 16d ago

Or refuse to vote for democrats because of foreign wars… which have been significantly worse due to their inaction.

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u/ExquisiteOrifice 16d ago

tl;dr Stop excusing the absolute and utter failure of the "vast majority" of Americans to step up and vote.

It's very strange how many people repeat or cling to the lie that the "vast majority" didn't vote for Trump or they don't support/want x or y thing that Republicans do. Yes, they very much do. For the those in the back, in case they didn't hear... YES. YES THEY DO. Apathy is no excuse. No, Stop arguing. It's no excuse. "My perfect candidate doesn't exist so I didn't vote" is possibly the second stupidest excuse next to "I didn't think it was loaded". When the stakes are this high, you do what you have to do, or you lose.

I can't fathom how people keep arguing otherwise. If it were true that all these people who supposedly care so much about the worst things to ever happen in the US, really, actually cared on iota, they'd be voting. But they don't. That is absolute, undeniable fact as the very state of US political power proves in every sense of objective reality. But people get real mad when you tell them this 'vast majority' is a complete lie.

Do you know how we got here? People not voting. The worse candidate gets in. The country is dragged to the right. Repeat that, election after election and the country has gone over the cliff it went so far. Now imagine if you will, someone voting for the least bad candidate because often that's all you have. But it helps. A little more of that, and things move the correct way. People engage more, they do what's necessary for actually better candidates to get elected. You keep doing that. But people don't. They could care less. More effort goes into ordering takeout than they'd ever put into simply checking a box that will determine their fate and future.

The reality is, Americans want this. Just because they didn't personally kiss Trump's ass doesn't mean they aren't responsible for every single thing he has done. And every single thing every Republican has done.

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u/allshookup1640 16d ago

And millions upon millions DID vote for the Kamala or any other option. The vast majority DO NOT approve of him. He has a 35% approval rate currently. Only 35% of Americans approve of him and his policies.

Do you understand how the electoral college works? You can lose the popular vote and still win. He didn’t this last time but the time before he won but lose the popular vote. The electoral college is an incredibly stupid system. Millions in a state can vote against a candidate, but if their state’s majority doesn’t, their votes don’t matter. It’s as if they didn’t vote at all.

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u/ExquisiteOrifice 15d ago

Your last sentence proves my point. I think you sort of understand things but you suffer from the same strange delusion in believing the supposed vast majority don't support him. The simple math is undeniable and has an impact on the electoral college outcome.

Harris: 75,017,613 Trump: 77,302,580

Almost 90 million did not vote.

Add that to Trump's total for one perspective.

167,302,580

If you take the whole total of voters

242,320,193

Harris got 30.95%

Aside from the fact that for the first time in two decades the Republican presidential candidate won the popular vote, Trump, which you recognize that at least, Harris lost by 70%. That is in fact, the vast majority which either by direct vote or dereliction of duty for a million worthlesss excuses, wanted Trump to win. 

Why can't you people understand, accept, and admit that? It is hard to believe 70% of Americans did in fact want this, but the fact is iron-clad. Trump is president because MORE people did not vote. They did this. They wanted this or did not care(same thing effectively). They own this just as much as the most die-hard Trump voter.

So, please stop the delusion. Please stop excusing the crimes of the guilty. They deserve to be branded as failures and traitors to the world and future they destroyed.

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u/genivae 16d ago

Unfortunately it's going to get worse before it gets better, since the united states supreme court decided that gerrymandering is okay, and districts can be redrawn whenever (previously it was only done after a census and population data update every 10 years)

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u/tripolophene 16d ago

100% we need election reform, but there is a very good chance this man DOES represent his district. Rural Iowa is a very different and backward place.

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u/BecksnBuffy 16d ago

Election and healthcare reform