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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    5 months ago

    This has got to be an american civic religion thing where they view elections as a sacrament and a good unto themselves without concern for outcomes.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      5 months ago

      Vote for me! And then after I win... Erm... You will have voted and showed you much value the democracy of these United States! This glorious City on a Hill may have darkened a bit now but its light will...

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      It's utterly bizarre. Biden and the DC democrats won't even lie and say if they grab the reigns of power they'll do something. Their entire shtick begins and ends with the word "vote".

    • PKMKII [none/use name]
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      5 months ago

      It’s also this weird thing where they constantly think the electoral systems are frail and on the verge of collapse. There was a lot of that in 2000, pundits freaking out that if Gore didn’t concede the election quick enough it was going to mean the end of the Constitution. And I’m not talking the partisan Republican press, like normie press.