Summary
Donald Trump and Republicans are falsely framing his 2024 election win as a historic “landslide” and sweeping mandate, despite the data showing otherwise.
Trump won the popular vote by just 1.6%, the smallest margin for a winning president since 1968, and his 307 electoral votes rank low in U.S. history.
Crucial Senate and House gains were limited, with Republicans relying on gerrymandering for their narrow House majority.
This exaggeration of victory serves to justify potential power expansions, but the facts debunk claims of an unprecedented or overwhelming mandate.
My choice was Trump or not!Trump.
I picked not!Trump. Harris could have been a literal turkey sandwich on a plate, I still would have voted for her. She’s not great, I actually wanted to vote for Bernie Sanders in Andrew Yang’s body, but that’s not gonna happen.
My choice was revolution or status quo.
I picked, and continue to pick, revolution
revolution? No candidate is or ever will offer revolution. That’s not a choice you can make at the polls
Exactly? While I did vote for De La Cruz since I was there anyway to vote on other races/amendments, the context of this discussion is people who didn’t vote
I mean not voting is not picking revolution either, it’s just handing more power to those who do vote.
Voting at all legitimizes the system, and lulls people into a false sense of satisfaction with having “done their part.” Abstaining is valid
Hahaha, is it a hidden secret revolution? I see no sign of it or it’s effects…
Just because I choose it doesn’t mean it ‘wins’. Just like how y’all chose Harris and she didn’t win
I do my own local praxis, but I assume we live in different places
Well the revolution you picked got us 4 more years of Trump so 😬
Nah, the DNC’s choice to run with Harris, and doing it last minute, coupled with a focus on trying to convince hungry USians that the economy is great, so they should stop whining did it.
Cool, lemme know when y’all get started. I’m not seeing any torches and pitchforks yet, or even people with baseball bats and masks. When “revolution” finally gets off of Lemmy/Matrix/Signal and into the streets, I’ll believe it.
Ooo I get to say the thing!
Edit: (so you’ll understand what praxis is)
Ah, theoretical revolution. The most effective kind.
Read it. But a few million comrades living out actual solidarity and comradeship, joining mutual aid coalitions, feeding unhoused people and refusing consumerism still isn’t affecting the systems of hierarchy and oppression, monopolization of violence, rules of place, terror, and exploitation. The quiet Revolution in the homes of families and certain workplaces, some scattered neighborhoods and the hearts and minds of comrades around the nation still isn’t stopping the cops from dragging us to the camps, the landlords evicting us, and the employers squeezing us. We’ve tried educating, discussion, solidarity, activism, and some of us even tried sabotage and outright violence, for over a hundred years, yet the imperial core seems strong as ever, and the zones of accumulation continue reaping profits and resources from the areas of dispossession. Children are still dying from weapons bought with our blood and sweat and labor. How then do we truly dismantle these systems of oppression, when our own relatives call us brainwashed traitors, when our neighbors support the oppression of others, and the very product of our labor is used to perpetuate violence?
Contrary to what you may believe, sitting at home and posting on lemmy is not a revolutionary act.
Contrary to your belief, posting on Lemmy isn’t the only thing everyone does…
Like, I’ve been posting a lot to lemmy… This Saturday, I’m going to the range with a close group of family. Before shooting time, we’re doing a STB refresher course. Sunday, over dinner, we’ll be planning out the garden plots on the street.
I’m not interested in making the feds’ job easier by proving myself to you. How about you do something meaningful for your community instead of patting yourself on the back for filling in a useless bubble in support of diet fascism
That’s nice dear. Now run along. The grown ups are talking.
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Love it when the trash takes itself out. 👋
“Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make” mfer
^ literally people who voted for Harris, lmao. Sacrificing others for your own temporary safety