put all of your election posting here so it doesn't bother anyone else!

from @CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net:

For Agitprop purposes, I’m asking comrades to help aggregate any and all effortpost responses, critiques, or general thoughts that you have seen or written pertaining to yesterday’s U.S. election that you think have standalone value for discussion either online or IRL.

I made a post for that purpose here, and ideally it can be used not only for general discussion, but as a reference for well thought out responses in discussions about the election to save all of us some brainpower.

No shitposts please, as we’d like to highlight some comrades’ actual effort in constructing responses or analysis, but humor is 100% welcome to help make your point!

      • grazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]
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        18 days ago

        Someone should explain to Kamala that running on committing crimes against humanity doesn't make people want to vote for you before it's too late!


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        • BeamBrain [he/him]
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          18 days ago

          running on committing crimes against humanity doesn't make people want to vote for you

          Both the major parties do that and one or the other wins every time

          • grazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]
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            18 days ago

            Democracy is when neither political party runs a platform of not committing crimes against humanity

            amerikkka


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    • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
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      18 days ago

      Trump winning in 2016 was (at least to my lib-ish brain at the time) akin to stepping out your front door and finding yourself on the surface of Venus in terms of sheer shock and confusion. I went to bed the day before not even paying the slightest amount of attention (I might have even forgot it was even election day until I woke up and saw the results) because it was so obvious that Hillary was going to win that I was making absurdist jokes with my friends about how Trump was going to win, because the whole idea that it would even happen was so laughably far-fetched.

      So I think this year, it's a little less surprising than that - everybody knew that it was at least a possibility because it had happened before - but still, given all the triumphant rhetoric from the Harris campaign and smug overconfidence and Trump's relative lack of energy this time around, this is still a major, major shock. So I'd say that this is within 90% of the feeling of 2016. Like, 24 hours ago, if you asked me who I thought was going to win, I would have said Harris without much hesitation.

      • VILenin [he/him]
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        18 days ago

        Dems saw their midterm performance, figured it was a sure win, and checked out.

      • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]
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        18 days ago

        I was making absurdist jokes with my friends about how Trump was going to win

        Being absurdly correct is what turned you into a Hexbear leftist, isn't it? putin-wink

    • grazing7264 [they/them, comrade/them]
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      18 days ago

      Yes lol, almost exactly, except it's even more glaringly obvious why the Democrats lost


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    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      18 days ago

      Imagine this but even more. Like way more. Especially given polls weren't nearly as close, most thought it would be a Hillary blowout.

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      18 days ago

      Nah. In 2016 all the polling pre-election had like 95% Clinton victory, this year it was 50/50.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      18 days ago

      difference of degree rather than substance imo, like imagine if we went into today with everyone giving kamala a 95% chance to win instead of a coin flip

    • kittin [he/him]
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      18 days ago

      Trump winning in 2016 hit like 9-11, another event you’re too young to remember