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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by perryizgr8 on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:12PM (#23941189)
Donald Trump, a political outsider, broke the stronghold of career politicians and was elected President. This event shocked the bi-partisan cabal of politicians and their support systems (including journalists and other intellectuals). This group has been continuously constructing narratives to undermine the highly democratic processes in USA that allowed Trump to achieve this breakthrough.

So USA is now a "flawed democracy" now, as its systems allowed an outsider to upset the status quo.

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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by yostrovs on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:17PM (#23941261)
I've been trying to figure out the "assault on democracy" narrative ever since the 2016 election. It seems to have come out of nowhere, though probably boosted by the Russia Collusion tale. The reality, indeed, is that the wrong guy won. Democracy was expected to elect Hillary, but it failed to do that and is therefore flawed.
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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by staplers on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:49PM (#23941674)
"Clinton received 2.87 million more votes than Trump did."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidentia...

I wonder why people think "the wrong guy won".

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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by perryizgr8 on Friday July 24, 2020 @11:02PM (#23946562)
This is not a new occurrence in US presidential elections. So I don't think this is a factor in the current "flawed democracy" narrative.
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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by yostrovs on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:16PM (#23943384)
You do know we have a Senate and a unique system of voting? Did you know that in none of those European countries that have a parliament did the common people vote for their Prime Minister? Does that infuriate you even more?
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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by staplers on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:07PM (#23944986)
I was providing you evidence of why people might think that. I am not a stakeholder in this conversation so I'm not sure what your "infurate" comment is meant to provoke.
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