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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

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Post by kortilla »

devit wrote: post #234

It's pretty remarkable though that almost half of the US voted for someone who is clearly unsuitable to be president based on his first term. It might be time to consider letting go of the democratic ideal that every person's vote has the same weight, and figure out some criteria for either voting eligibity or vote weight that would mostly exclude or give little weight to the votes of people who voted for a clearly u…

> clearly unsuitable candidate.

If people vote for a candidate and the candidate meets the eligibility requirements in the constitution, he/she is suitable. That’s it.

If you want to change the constitution to say that only Democrats can be elected president (this election ended up falling right down party lines again), I think you’re gonna have a hard time getting that through Congress.

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Post by beervirus »

dschuetz wrote: post #203

I'm glad for those Americans who suffered the nightmarish past 4 years. Finally, you're about to catch a break.

Anyone who’s just been living life and not obsessively reading CNN will tell you that the last 4 years have been pretty ordinary and fine.

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Post by bra-ket »

bfieidhbrjr wrote: post #224

It's amazing. My friends on the left think the only reason for voting trump is racism, and friends on the right think the only reason for voting biden is socialism. Where did all the intellect go? The social dilemma documentary I think is very useful. It feels like social media bubbles are a large component, although of course there have been many contentious elections in the past. Being centrist I can relate to part…

Trump has been blatantly slandered by the mainstream media as racist evil orange man, it was 4 years of '1984' style brainwashing by the left.

One of the big reasons for voting Trump was standing up against this propaganda machine.

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Post by swsieber »

gigatexal wrote: post #138

What is really keeping me up at night is the existential problem the US faces for the next 50 years: the ever increasingly large divide that is the polarizing of the electorate. We have to come together as Americans or someone will divide and conquer us.

I personally subscribe to the idea that week need to kill the self serving two party duopoly[0]

Part of the problem is the candidates the parties are fielding. I know lots of people who view trump, clinton and biden as corrupt. None of them are good candidates.

0. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/politics-industry/

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Post by jahbrewski »

bfieidhbrjr wrote: post #224

It's amazing. My friends on the left think the only reason for voting trump is racism, and friends on the right think the only reason for voting biden is socialism. Where did all the intellect go? The social dilemma documentary I think is very useful. It feels like social media bubbles are a large component, although of course there have been many contentious elections in the past. Being centrist I can relate to part…

I appreciate your centrist views!

I think the loss of nuance to our political discussions is a disaster ...and I only see it getting worse. I believe there are good ideas on both sides of the aisle, but often feel like the only one with that viewpoint.

How can we fix this?

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Post by jungletime »

High odds he will be the first holographic president ever. He's a uniter and not a divider. One day he will resurect from the crypt to whisper sweet affirmations on live TV about unity, sugar and spice and everything nice, and get claps from a parking lot of empty cars.

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Post by BooneJS »

This isn’t and end, it’s a new beginning. Talk is cheap, and if Biden wants to heal the nation he’s going to need to walk the line between disparate groups. Go back to first principles on what it means to be an American, adapt it for 2020, and make more room at the table for people who will debate and compromise instead of point and shame.

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Post by markus_zhang »

gigatexal wrote: post #138

What is really keeping me up at night is the existential problem the US faces for the next 50 years: the ever increasingly large divide that is the polarizing of the electorate. We have to come together as Americans or someone will divide and conquer us.

From what I see, the polarization is continuing to grow, and with Trump grabbing 70 million votes even when his gov failed majestically at beating the virus, the next few years is going to ne interesting.
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