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It's too easy to blame those who voted for Trump. Instead blame the millions who didn't vote against him. Those who sat by and did nothing hoping the collective good would win. And then when it didn't, they wash their hands and say "you can't blame me, I didn't vote for that monster." Thing is, they were hedging their bet. They didn't care who won. They figured, no matter who won, any time anything bad happened, they could say "well I didn't vote for the president, don't blame me."
Blame those who didn't vote. Blame those who were fooled into voting for a third party, dividing the progressive and human rights voters. There are two kinds of people: those who voted against Trump (cast a vote for Harris) and those who voted for Trump (everyone else). They all own an equal share of the blame. And if their benefits are cut, or those of people they care about, I can't muster a lick of sympathy for them. This is what they voted for.
And sure, the president isn't voted by the people but rather appointed by the powerful, but I'm pretty sure if the people voted 2:1 or some other overwhelming amount, they would have appointed the winner of that vote. Only when it's close do they pick the one they actually want, even if he loses the popular vote (George W. Bush, Trump the first time).
Isn't a vote for Trump still worse effect-wise than a third-party vote or not voting?
In theory, maybe.
In practice, it has the same result. If everyone who did not vote for Trump, voted for Harris, we would not be where we are.
Most people who voted for Trump stand by their vote, for one reason or another. You can ask them to apologise but they won't. It's the ones who didn't vote for Harris and hedged their bet and are now saying "not my fault! I didn't vote for him!" who are the real problem. Because they didn't want Trump but they also laid down and let Trump have the victory, for some reason or another.
Look, for fucking decades my mother would not vote. She saw Kennedy killed (and/or heard about it) when she was 9 and she swears he was the last good president. (I didn't like Kennedy all that much. My "last good American president" was Franklin Delano Roosevelt.) Anyway, after Trump's first term, she voted in both the last elections. For Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024. She wanted Clinton to win in 2016 but did not go vote, she figured enough people would vote for her over Trump. When Trump won, she stopped sitting on the fence and started getting out and voting. And she's like 70-something. Granted she's retired. But if you have the legal right to vote, you should. I strongly believe that. And if you don't vote, I absolutely believe you don't get to sit there and say "well I didn't vote for the guy who won."
Yes, although they are still both to blame.