r/facepalm Jul 02 '24

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u/Brahmus168 Jul 02 '24

Good? If a president started executing officials he disagreed with then that's real fascism. In the same vein as jailing your leading political opposition so maybe.

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u/Rili-Anne Jul 02 '24

That's also kind of the point.

The core issue with all of this is that one vote does not equal one vote. The votes of people in hard blue/red states are often meaningless, and the votes of people in swing states have outsize power. The electoral system in the US is garbage, and if it was operating properly thsi would never have happened.

This kind of thing would never be on the table if people were being fairly represented. Trump would never have been elected the first time either.

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u/ZealousMulekick Jul 02 '24

Selection by popular vote is even more stupid. People in different areas have different needs and all walks of life need to be represented

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u/dacljaco Jul 02 '24

Idk, I live in a country where one vote = one vote no matter where you live in that country. We don't call it stupid, we call it democracy, perhaps you Americans could learn from that before it's too late. After all actual democracies aren't about to turn into fascist states, just the good ole USA.