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This isn't the American people. It's the will of thousands of the world's most powerful multinational oligarchs — billionaires and old money millionaire elites (plus all their class-traitor lapdogs and puppets) — who are actively corrupting ALL politics and public discourse; waging class warfare, globally.
Murdoch is one of the most well-known examples, but I'm sure there are hundreds (if not thousands) of fossil fuel and military contractor investors or board members — you've never heard of — who are criminally corrupt psychopaths that deserve to be in the dirt.
These people's only allegiance is to the almighty dollar. They have no real virtue, morals, or ethics.
Half of the American people voted for him. So it absolutely is.
Only about 2/3rds voted, so closer to 30% voted for him
And the other 1/3 didn't mind trump enough to vote. So yes, it is the majority of American people.
Because of the electoral college, getting out to vote when you otherwise wouldn't have is almost entirely useless in most states as the party most states will side with is basically a forgone conclusion.
On top of that, the Republican party has spent decades making it deliberately difficult to vote by limiting the number of polling places, as well as limiting mail in voting.
The Democratic party on the other hand refuses to attempt radical economic upheaval that poorer US citizens desperately need because Democrats are still the "moderate" party that is in the pocket of billionaires.
The Republicans routinely promise radical actions that they say will make things better for everyone. They're lying of course, but it's hard to be exceptionally poor, have no access to health care and vote for the party that is not advocating radical actions on your behalf.
BoTH SidES
It's 1 day every 4 years (2 including midterms). Even if the nearest polling place is 1 hour drive away. Even if your vote won't be the deciding vote. In my country it takes less than 10 minutes to vote, but lets say it is 2 hours in the USA. That is a total of 4 hours.
If 1/3 of US-Americans are not willing to "lose" 4 hours every 4 years. And 1/3 of USAmericans directly vote for fascism. Then a majority of USAmericans are ok with fascism.
Every election is held on a Tuesday. Most of those people cannot afford to take a day off of work because capitalism has fucked them over so badly.
Republicans have also stymied any attempts to turn election day into a national holiday specifically for this reason.
You literally don’t understand voting in America.
Absolutely not.