Most Americans do not support this madness. Too many Americans refused to take their civic duty seriously, with 42% abstaining.
77M people voted for Trump out of 245M registered voters. That’s less than a third of registered voters, and less than a quarter of the population of 335M.
Well, most people feel disenfranchised and disengaged from the system. When people tell you that their vote doesn’t matter, they mean very literally that it feels to them that they have no control over the system. It’s just this thing out there that is unresponsive to their wants and needs, and they just have to deal with it. Is it any wonder that people don’t feel a civic duty?
Well, it could be argued that most Americans support this if the majority decided to not vote, which supported Trump, or voted for him. But also at some point, not resisting also becomes tacit support. I say that knowing I haven’t taken to the streets yet, but I hope that true resistance does foment. Otherwise we’re pretty much complicit in the downfall and the genocide when it starts.
Most Americans do not support this madness. Too many Americans refused to take their civic duty seriously, with 42% abstaining.
77M people voted for Trump out of 245M registered voters. That’s less than a third of registered voters, and less than a quarter of the population of 335M.
Well, most people feel disenfranchised and disengaged from the system. When people tell you that their vote doesn’t matter, they mean very literally that it feels to them that they have no control over the system. It’s just this thing out there that is unresponsive to their wants and needs, and they just have to deal with it. Is it any wonder that people don’t feel a civic duty?
But it doesn’t matter, because Trump was elected. So even though I voted for Harris and go to protests, I’m still apparently complete scum.
Well, it could be argued that most Americans support this if the majority decided to not vote, which supported Trump, or voted for him. But also at some point, not resisting also becomes tacit support. I say that knowing I haven’t taken to the streets yet, but I hope that true resistance does foment. Otherwise we’re pretty much complicit in the downfall and the genocide when it starts.
You’re right to say abstainers are complicit in getting Trump elected. I wouldn’t conflate that action with support.