jeff@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 days agoWhy aren't there mass protests in the USA?message-squaremessage-square300fedilinkarrow-up1397arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1374arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't there mass protests in the USA?jeff@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square300fedilinkfile-text
I’m shocked that I haven’t seen one protest yet. Is the media suppressing them? If there aren’t any, why?
minus-squarebootsandcats@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoReminder that voter turnout was still only 63.7%. Half of voters didn’t vote for Trump, half of that 63.7% did. Still way too fucking many, but it’s not half of the US.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoAnd that 63.7% is of eligible voters. The disenfranchised, teenagers, and noncitizens aren’t counted.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·12 days agoIf you don’t bother to vote, you’re not a voter.
minus-squareIampossiblyatwork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoGreat point, there are at least 77,284,118 people who are OK with the current state of affairs.
Reminder that voter turnout was still only 63.7%. Half of voters didn’t vote for Trump, half of that 63.7% did. Still way too fucking many, but it’s not half of the US.
And that 63.7% is of eligible voters. The disenfranchised, teenagers, and noncitizens aren’t counted.
If you don’t bother to vote, you’re not a voter.
Great point, there are at least 77,284,118 people who are OK with the current state of affairs.