don't listen to them; our systems beats theirs because you don't even need a majority to win over here thanks to the electoral college and gerrymandering. lol

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

if they have an actual majority (more than 50%), they would but luckily that's not the case... yet

[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, because we have more than two parties, so a simple majority isn't automatically an absolute one. But if you group the far right with the increasingly far right "conservatives", it looks much more bleak.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

But if you group the far right with the increasingly far right “conservatives”, it looks much more bleak.

we've been in that situation since the 1980's; our center-right and our far right are our only choices for president now.

i used to think europe's democracies were ahead since they carried on with progressive initiatives the americans stopped doing in the 1970's, but now i wonder if europe's lurch rightwards is them catching up to the americans.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

On one side of Europe there were French, on other - Soviet.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

I'm an American so when we say "Europe" we assume it's understood that I mean Western Europe. Lol

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Then cry. And then go knock doors and tell people why it's important to vote the way they should not because of one person, but for the future of the country and their own livelihood. Despair is only displaced by activism. All it takes for evil to succeed is for us to stand by and let it happen.