How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again?

[u/ben_watson_jr]

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again

[u/Omar_Blitz]

Everything is set up by the system to benefit them. Their power is very disproportional. It's easy for them to stay in power and perpetuate the cycle.

Think about it. You can win a state by A SINGLE vote and get all the votes of that state. How is that just and fair? You can get ten million extra votes and it wouldn't matter if they weren't in the "states that matter." Very fucking fair.

Vermont and wyoming have the same power as California and Texas in the senate. How is that democratic? How can you say "One man, one vote" when one vote in this state counts almost a hundred times more than a vote in that state when it comes to the country's highest legislative body?

And the worst thing is, to fix this you need the consent of those who are in power BECAUSE of the broken system. It's like needing the consent of a felon to issue a fine.

It's all fucked in America.

[u/assimilat → u/Omar_Blitz]

Amen. The sad honest truth (and im not trying to instigate anything, and I dont condone violence, im just stating a fact) it would unfortunately take a lot of deaths to see any of that change any time soon, but finding a way to end to the electoral college would be the most important step in gaining any sort of meaningful positive reform. (Obviously)

[u/V-RONIN → u/assimilat]

History has shown that sometimes violence is nessasary to enact change

[u/claimTheVictory → u/V-RONIN]

The ironic thing is that the right have the best possible world for themselves right now, and they're still not satisfied.

They look at Russia and think Putin and his oligarchs have a better system. They are actually fucking stupid.

[u/vonmonologue → u/claimTheVictory]

That’s because they think owning a 3br house and a $80k trucks makes them an oligarch.