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Jesus Christ I HATE watching this US news, but I cant look away! Some folks are already calling it and I think I might throw up. Thats not a joke or an exaggeration.
The fact that it's this close speaks volumes of the US population.
It is also how biased the US electoral system is to maintain the Status Quo.
Every time the Republicans get in, the cripple democracy a little bit at a time. When the Democrats get in, they don’t do anything to roll back the damage.
It has finally come to the Endgame for US Democracy.
All we can do is make sure that our elected officials are aware that it is not something that we want in Australia.
Have a friend who studied world history throughout uni. His statement about this is 'All empires must fall'. This is the fall.
USA has been going down the toilet for some time, and the turds getting bigger.
I'm gonna switch off the US crap and focus on our local (milder) shitshow.
thinking on it I am not surprised
for 100 years the press and influencers have been making race an issue as a distraction to class , money and opportunity issues ( to stop the working class uniting , and yes, race is an issue )
the working class have genuine grievances and want a voice, sadly trump says he is their voice ( even tho that's a lie )
they don't want to hear more race issues
we need unity
I don't disagree, but the GOP and Trump have not been the voice of the working class. The fact that enough people have been convinced that they are, is just sad.
This election was also about women issues, and that fell on deaf ears.
The media has a lot of responsibility for this shit show.
but fairness!! S/
the press are either cowards or love the money the drama of trump brings
in the meantime the independent voices in the media are getting shut down
just look at the drama of trying to bring this sub on lemmy under "control"
Yeah the whole 'fairness' thing is a load of crap. With the election one side (generally the leftish leaning one) has to be perfect and spotless, meanwhile the other side might a slap on the wrist over something terrible.
One reason I love the ABC and SBS here. The only reason they appear to lean 'left' is because they report facts and don't favour either party, generally. It's just one side of politics tends to be shittier than the other.
What do you mean about this sub and lemmy?
there was an attack on our mods last week because they weren't towing a line, iow, they were being non partisan
https://aussie.zone/post/15068055
can I just say I love our mods , it's due to their hard work and diligence and ideals that we have the freedom to post here , luv youse guys 😘😘🥹🥹
They need mandatory voting, at the very least
I'm very thankful for our electoral system.
We just need to educate our electorate that we can”t “Throw away your vote” by preferencing a special-interest party above a Major party…
Like my gran used to say (she thought she was upper class).. "I deserve two votes" even though she never read any policy. I once flippantly said maybe charlie (her doggo pug) should get one too and she was thrilled at the idea.
Yeah I'm starting to get a bad feeling about it all. About to turn off notifcations and try to bury in work for a few hours
I have friends in the US 😭
It's looking real ugly over there. People are talking about a red mirage, but....that seems more and more unlikely the longer this goes on.
Just saw someone talk about a republican house, senate and presidency altogether as a good thing.
Compared it to Obama. Obama had no interest in dictatorship. Republicans meanwhile keep getting real excited about Hitler.
It's too early to tell
It is too early to be sure, but it took four days in 2020 to get a result and things looked a lot more purple than they do this time around.
I'm definitely concerned, but I don't think I pay attention to it till tomorrow. It's really wracking my nerves.