Usually I am sympathetic towards people losing their jobs. However, that goes out the window when their government is hostile and I am watching family struggle due to the trade war.

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[–] HonoredMule@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The people who voted for the Dumpster at least managed to take the most basic, simple first step in starting to fulfill their civic duty. I don't know if I can bring myself to laud that, but I've certainly no credit to award those who didn't even vote at all.

If so much as 10% of the nation is engaged and has so much as a spark of competence yet cannot bear to vote Democrat, where did all the 3rd-party and off-ballot votes go? Why are those still practically a rounding error, hovering around 2% every year but 2016?

Those who didn't vote at all ought to feel the most shame, because the laziness of abdicating all personal responsibility doesn't offer half the emotional shielding that idiocy does.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm unsure how to feel about the non-voters. Im in UK and didnt vote in the Brexit thing, because I didn't understand nearly enough of the rules or regulations and was being sent contradictory pamphlets every day.

I dont know what it looked like inside the US leading up to the election, so maybe it didnt seem as easily "maybe good vs definitely evil" as it did from the outside.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

That reason might have flown in the first Trump election. Not so much the second one.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago

Why are those still practically a rounding error, hovering around 2% every year but 2016?

who knows? could be that the media ices out all other parties. could be that political operatives have been vote-shaming and spreading a myth about its inefficacy.