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Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by allemagne »

Nadya wrote: post #226

Surprisingly, namecalling doesn't sway votes. Calling people with genuine concerns about their country and well-being racist and sexist doesn't win you votes. Calling half the country Deplorable doesn't win you votes. It doesn't help that the DNC rigged the election against Bernie, Clinton isn't "relatable" and struggles with public image, Clinton was under FBI investigation, both Clintons have had years and years of…

Name calling doesn't sway votes is exactly the opposite of what every power hungry politician is going to take away from this.

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Post by code_duck »

PerfectElement wrote: post #534
_gfrc wrote: post #154

This is one of the issues that the social media bubble creates. We don't reach people that are different, neither do their voices reach us. We are all so connected nowadays and yet so separated.

How did you reach those people before social media?

for the most part, we all watched the same 3 news networks and read the same newspapers.

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Post by DominikR »

einr wrote: post #538

The Baltic Republics vs. the rest of the USSR. Just FYI, since I assume you're not very familiar with these countries: this kind of lumping together the so-called "Baltic Republics" with the "USSR" is generally very offensive to Estonians, Lithuanians and Latvians, who have nothing to do ethnically or culturally with Russia and generally view the Soviet era as very dark times. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were invad…

He is highlighting the difference between these regions within the Soviet Union so what's the point of you comment other than signalling political correctness?

I believe that this election signals if anything, a popular rejection of political correctness to the point where discussions can't be had anymore.

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Post by OkGoDoIt »

WA wrote: post #547
nostromo wrote: post #51

Such a watershed moment. A few things strike me: * A Republican just won without being very religious and being wishy-washy on abortion. * The loser out-spent the winner by huge amounts. Does money really buy elections? Maybe, but not this one. * The rich abandoned Republicans, but many poor and working-class abandoned Democrats. [1] 1: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/e...

What makes me curious: I always wondered if the president really has the power people perceive him to have, or if he's still influenced and bound by many people in the background. One can observe this with Obama. He made promises (like closing Guantanamo etc.), which he ultimately couldn't force through. But why? Possibly, because he isn't nearly as free in his decision making. Now, Trump claimed to do a lot of thing…

I'd argue that checks and balances are very much a good thing. Less gets done overall but at least one side/person/party/opinion can't get pushed through without resistance if too many people oppose it.

Then again, Trump didn't just win the election, Republicans also won majority in the House and Senate. So it's going to be a lot easier for Trump to push policies through than it was for Obama.

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Post by aoeu345 »

rbanffy wrote: post #429

Humanity, meet the Great Filter.

> the Great Filter

There had better be some serious conviction behind you. If you are aware of the great filter, then you better go get a job at SpaceX and work 100 hours for the rest of your life. We have about 20 or so years to set ourselves up for the future before it is too late.

EDIT: Just want to clarify that I'm not mad, it's just that if you realize what the Great Filter is, and you're not hopelessly selfish, that you should be working all the time to help get us safely across it. The universe hangs in the balance, friend.

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Post by civilian »

cm2187 wrote: post #280
thewarrior wrote: post #44

It is possible to view this as an isolated event or a trend. Coming on the heels of BREXIT this is a trend. The attempts at building an interconnected globalised world are beginning to fail. A bunch of elites decided to create their own trans-national utopia unchecked by borders and dismissed all criticism as racist or bigoted. The globalisation project has been rejected by a majority of the population. Whether it is…

After Brexit and Trump, the next milestone on this curious series is the French presidential elections in May 2017. The far right candidate Le Pen is leading the polls, but winning at the second round of the election is not going to be easy. Although, no doubt that Brexit, the Trump election, potential new terrorist attacks in France as well as the developping migrant crisis are going to give her a boost. But like Tr…

The Republicans have congress, which is different than Trump having congress.

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Post by rawnlq »

rl3 wrote: post #157

This election proved that virtually the entirety of the election prediction space has no idea what the hell it's doing. We live in a world of big data with vast computational resources, and this outcome is somehow an upset—a totally unexpected surprise.

I wonder if facebook and google could've built a better model. Prediction based on polling doesn't seem as reliable compared to what people post to their newsfeed or search for.

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Post by gfodor »

inimino wrote: post #191

Given that this has been among the most polarizing campaigns ever, could a new, truly centrist third party start building support among the many "no to both" voters and have a chance in 2020? I realize it's crazy to suggest a third party could have a chance in American politics, but prove me wrong.

Trump destroyed the GOP and the DNC. He's the third party.
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