As someone who is not that much into politics but receives salary in US dollar - what does Biden win mean for the US economy and the dollar?
Not much if they don’t win the senate.
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
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#62What really afraid me is that if such an idiot was able to become president and was finally so hard to beat. There is room for a much smarter populist.
It will be then very hard to remove him/her.
How to avoid that in 2024 ?
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#63The media was way too cautious in making the call here, but it's easy to understand why when the Republicans made it so difficult to count absentee ballots before election night, likely to benefit their candidate through the confusion of swinging red and then blue. If you don't want this to happen again, pressure your red representatives to stop demonizing mail-in/advance voting, and stop destroying the postal system…
> when the Republicans made it so difficult to count absentee ballots before election night
Haven't been watching this closely. Care to share some refs? Thanks
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#64Not an American citizen, but I’m really glad that Biden won. USA sets an example for other Western countries, and Trump wasn’t a good example. I hope you’re able to recover from Trumpism and that the Republican Party rejects such violent and authoritarian points of view. Edit: I’m not saying US citizens should think of other nations when casting their vote. Just glad — as non-US citizen - that Biden won and that our…
Republican Party violent? LMAO, it’s the leftists burning stuff down. Trump was doing a good job, as he is despised by both the left and establishment Republicans. Too bad he lost (or subject to fraud).
Re: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
#65The media was way too cautious in making the call here, but it's easy to understand why when the Republicans made it so difficult to count absentee ballots before election night, likely to benefit their candidate through the confusion of swinging red and then blue. If you don't want this to happen again, pressure your red representatives to stop demonizing mail-in/advance voting, and stop destroying the postal system…
> pressure your red representatives to stop demonizing mail-in/advance voting, and stop destroying the postal system
You can pressure them all you want on that. It won't change a thing because making it easier to vote via mail will possibly result in them being voted out by making it easier for minorities to vote.
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#66What really afraid me is that if such an idiot was able to become president and was finally so hard to beat. There is room for a much smarter populist. It will be then very hard to remove him/her. How to avoid that in 2024 ? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25017161
I think that there isn't anyone with that sort of name recognition who would want to do it.
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#67Everybody does realize that this has no legal significance, right?
Yes, but note how quickly it was picked up by general populace as fait accompli.
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#68Not an American citizen, but I’m really glad that Biden won. USA sets an example for other Western countries, and Trump wasn’t a good example. I hope you’re able to recover from Trumpism and that the Republican Party rejects such violent and authoritarian points of view. Edit: I’m not saying US citizens should think of other nations when casting their vote. Just glad — as non-US citizen - that Biden won and that our…
> violent and authoritarian points of view
I don't follow politics too closely, but I keep hearing Trump is the first president who started no new wars. He also supposedly brokered numerous peace deals and had 4 Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
Is there a lot of violence I'm missing that warrants calling him "violent and authoritarian"?
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#69Completely independently of who won/will win this election, I find it massively irresponsible that media outlets are calling it before actual states are. The media should report the news, not make it.
This happens every election. States always take days or weeks to certify their results.
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#70It's flagged why? There's an identically titled one for Trump from 2016.
> There's an identically titled one for Trump from 2016.
It would probably be flagged today, too; the tolerance for mainstream political content has dropped since 2016.