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No America won't. Every bad thing that results from his reelection will be someone else's fault or declared fake. The people that voted for him will be thrilled and vote straight R again come 2028. Democrats,for their part, will put forward someone endorsed by Bush Jr. and wonder why they lost again.
This was mostly sexism, straight up. If it had been Obama, he would have won by a landslide.
I was listening to This American Life where they were interviewing the Muslims in Michigan (*could have been another state, not sure). They said they were going to vote for Trump, ... because? They said it was because Harris didn't speak to them, but surely they remember the Muslim ban or the Gold Star family getting shit on by trump. I had a strong feeling then, they were just looking for an excuse. If that could happen to them, it could happen to all of the other men in America. Cuz less face it, we're more sexist than we are racist because it's across all demographics. Racism is categorized into departments.
That brings an interesting moral dilemma.
Knowing that half of the population are, if not outright, very comfortable with, racists and sexists should the democrats have presented a candidate a traditional older cis white male instead of a blasian female ?
Basically, is it ok be making racist choices to beat the racist party or lose with integrity ?
I think we know the answer to that now. We're actually more sexist than Mexico, lol.
Pragmatism and utilitarianism say yes, in the same way it is morally okay to kill a Nazi without just cause.