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Fox News’s attempt to find support for Donald Trump in Greenland backfired, as most residents expressed disinterest in his proposals.

While one Trump supporter was found, the majority of Greenlanders interviewed criticized Trump’s comments and expressed a preference for remaining under Danish rule.

Despite these setbacks, Trump continues to advocate for acquiring Greenland, citing economic security concerns.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, generation after generation of American citizens understood that it was their right and duty to vote. And to defend that right.

But a few months ago a whole slew of people right here happily waxed vitriolic about how voting itself was “collusion” and “supported genocide” and other insane shit, and thanks in no small part to them we are now going to get screwed at every level - corporate, governmental, societal - every day, for years.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Faith in our systems (government, economic, civic, etc) has been broadly declining, alongside the portion of eligible population who goes and votes, for decades. It's both cause and effect of how we arrived at the populist moment, I think. This started waaaaaaay before last October.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I’m not sure how you mean exactly, but okay. The political system is a result of the voting. If non-voters expect to gain faith via these latest results, i’d argue that is also poorly reasoned.