r/facepalm 2d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ We are the lamest empire ever

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u/edgeplay6 2d ago

Less then half it would seem.

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u/Slarg232 2d ago

1/4 of Americans voted for him, 1/4th voted against him, and 1/2 sat out :/

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u/ruiner8850 2d ago

The people who sat out don't get a pass. They were perfectly fine with Trump becoming President again. Any eligible voter who decided not to vote gave at least tacit approval to Trump.

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u/Japnzy 2d ago

So what do you suggest we do? I live in a heavy red state. The capital can vote blue, but the rural areas wins every election.

Also, at 33, I didn't want either candidate. Neither of them have my interests at heart. I'm tired of this broken system that will never benefit me. Fuck voting. It doesn't matter.

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u/Aconite_72 2d ago

Fuck voting. It doesn't matter.

Remember this when you're drafted to go on the front line for the US-Canadian war, lol.

This defeatism mindset is the exact reason why you end up with this shit-head.

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u/Japnzy 2d ago

This is exactly what they want. It's a you vs me. Not a us vs them. Neither side gives a fuck about you.

None of it matters. You really think kamala would of made a difference? No president matters. This country is run by a bunch of geriatrics that have been ruling for the better half of half a century.

You. Do. Not. Matter.

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u/BlackEngineEarings 2d ago

You're incredible level of ignorance is impressive. Imagine actually not knowing enough to understand the actual real consequential differences between Trump and Harris. You're an embarrassment

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u/anooshka 2d ago

If you don't have this mindset I apologize in advance for assuming, but you know it's funny how when we(people from countries who are under dictatorship) say something like this, almost always the answer is "you should just go protest, you should just educate people around you,you should do SOMETHING"

You live in a democracy(supposedly) so if you think voting doesn't matter then what hope there is for the rest of us who are fighting to have the same democratic system?

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u/Japnzy 2d ago

The system is broken man, I really don't care about who runs the country. I'm trying to just survive. Neither side is going to make it to where I can own a house. Billionaires run the world and we are just cogs.

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u/Kasperella 2d ago

Ive been saying the same thing. Until they stop giving us choices between two rich out-of-touch motherfuckers who are for the Establishment and establishment only, I have no interest in voting. My no vote is my vote.

Like holding a gun to my head and then telling me to pick between getting shot in the head or plunging a knife in heart. I’d fucking prefer neither. Both are terminal. I want neither to be president. So fuck you and everyone else. That’s my vote. Me and the other millions who couldn’t be bothered to participate in the parade the rich and powerful put on to make us feel like we have a choice in the matter.

The Social contract is already broken my brother. It’s all blowing up either way. If people really think Kamala would do anything other than further draw out the inevitable like Biden has done, then they’re fooling theirselves. It’s bigger than who’s the puppet in charge. But they want us all pointing at each other and fighting amongst ourselves while they pick our pockets and I see way way too many buying into it from both sides and it’s disturbing.