• Beetschnapps@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      Regardless he wasn’t popular and isn’t considered a standards bearer. The system is broke which means it works against the people… doesn’t reflect the people.

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          28 days ago

          That’s a weird way of saying he was elected with a minority via electoral college and not the people. Meanwhile he has never had a positive approval rating and 80% of the country opposes this BS in Iran.

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            28 days ago

            The point of a democracy is to elect someone to represent the people voting. He won your election. Take some fucking responsibility for that ffs

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                28 days ago

                Literally not my problem. Thats your country not mine. You don’t get to elect a buffoon to terrorize your allies then abdicate any responsibility by blaming your system. If you think the system is the problem then fix your fucking system

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                  28 days ago

                  Who said it was your problem?

                  I mean fuck republicans, their party and Trump. So let’s talk reality… But meanwhile, what are you on?

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                    28 days ago

                    Who said it was your problem?

                    You’re abdicating responsibility by talking about “the system”. But the thing is, from an outside perspective, I don’t give two shits about your system. It’s not relevant to me at all. I never interact with it. I didn’t learn about it in school. It plays no role in my day to day life. I don’t care about it, and I don’t understand it (just like the average American doesn’t care or understand parliamentary systems in the Westminster tradition, for example). All I know is that you guys are a democracy (before Trump was elected you were considered one of the most stable democracies in the world) so there are channels for you to air your grievances and try to reform the system. And until Americans decide to do that, we (i.e. rest of the world) will hold you guys collectively responsible for the monster you have created.

                    Angry Americans can downvote me for saying this, but that is what the rest of the world is already doing, whether you like it or not. We are holding you responsible, and your reputation on the world stage has plummeted, severely and irrevocably, more than even the biggest Trump hating American seems to understand. We will never look at you the same again. We will never rely on you the same way had before. And individual Americans, when travelling, won’t be treated with the same automatic trust that you may have enjoyed before. These are simply the facts. If you don’t like this, then go fix your broken country.

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          28 days ago

          He actually wasn’t, which is kind of the problem. He publicly thanked Elon Musk for tampering with voting machines