• Exocrinous@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Let’s rephrase:

    Despite being appointed president for four years, Donald Trump has never been elected by the popular will of the people.

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      9 months ago

      Ok, but that has never been the way the president has been selected? The popular vote for president isn’t how the American Election system works and never has. Do you get upset if in football the team with the most yards doesn’t win? Or the most base hits? Or the most gold in League of Legends?

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        9 months ago

        We’re not talking about whether the US does things like it’s always done. We’re talking about whether it’s a democracy and whether the views of the government are the views of the people. It does pretty poorly on the first one and fails completely on the second.