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How embarrassing it must be to lose to this guy. Democracy is dead not because Trump policy but because we dont have any functional parties. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This analysis on Tildes was spot on: https://tildes.net/~health.mental/1jwf/american_election_mental_health_thread#comment-e0uw

Perhaps if we had embraced the working class whites 20 years ago, things would be different today. Perhaps we could have working and lower class folks of all backgrounds voting for abortion rights, women's rights, labor rights, and gay rights. Maybe they would be our most loyal allies. But instead, we abandoned them and let the wolves pretend to be their friends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A key takeaway for me is that when people of color and those in inner cities turn to violence, crime, and drugs, we blame the oppressive system for their failings. When people in rural America do the same, we blame them. Just because someone is white doesn’t mean they don’t need sympathy and compassion. We’ve lost the thread of love and acceptance in this country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it seems the ability to math. All this blame (it was always going to come to this blame game) being pointed at this or that demographic seems to miss the point that the popular vote was won by trump, that does not happen if the majority of voters did not vote for him. It seems crazy that people can blame the white men in the country voting counter to woman's overall rights, but not blame woman who voted the same way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

People forget that women can be misogynist too. It's pretty common in the church.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I swear people forget women are capable of independent thought, and are people with the same qualities and failures as anyone else.