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    8 days ago

    America has not been a democracy that counts votes accurately in federal elections.

    It’s unknown who would have won, had that been the case, certainly not the two people running.

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      6 days ago

      America has not been a democracy that counts votes accurately in federal elections.

      the wildest part is that they have this in writing in most states; they officially won’t count mail in ballots of the election day results aren’t within a certain percentage of each other.

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        6 days ago

        These things drive me crazy ; mostly because most people who are politically active blithely ignore that

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          6 days ago

          i think that they disregard it because they lack the context to understand why it matters.

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            6 days ago

            I think I was frustrated because nobody I talked to wanted to learn the context. Indeed, their entire political participation demanded they ignore it.

            It took me a few years to understand it in that way.

            And for the longest time I was mystified why the marginalized people could see it plainly while anyone who participated anywhere on the political spectrum : - from progressive to liberal to libertarian to mega to religious extremist , and the mainstream news - ignored the basics of democracy. It was to me, the most peculiar thing about American culture