What's your thoughts on Trump?

[Kosh]

Maybe, but I 'm not alone surely. You can forgive the US much but not this, not this.
There was once a dream that was the US, you could only whisper it , but now that dream has been corrupted by greed ,racism and stupidity.

You're acting like a Trump presidency is the end of the US.

It's getting old now.

We'll let this shit pie bake for the next four years. Either we'll come out the other side stronger, or we'll have have a nasty case of botulism.

[abaris]

Elected by rabid xtians and racists and misogynists.

Elected exclusively by American standards. I would be hard pressed to name another country where the losing candidate actually leads by 2.5 million votes according to latest counts.

[Napoléon]

Elected exclusively by American standards. I would be hard pressed to name another country where the losing candidate actually leads by 2.5 million votes according to latest counts.

That's cuz most countries don't have a population the size of the US's. Or democracy.

Just sayin'.

[Alex K]

Elected exclusively by American standards. I would be hard pressed to name another country where the losing candidate actually leads by 2.5 million votes according to latest counts.

That's cuz most countries don't have a population the size of the US's. Or democracy.

Really? You are trying to tell us that implementing proportional elections wouldn't be feasible because the US is too big?

[Napoléon]

Really? You are trying to tell us that implementing proportional elections wouldn't be feasible because the US is too big?

Lol how the fuck did you get that from what I said.

[Alex K]

Really? You are trying to tell us that implementing proportional elections wouldn't be feasible because the US is too big?

Lol how the fuck did you get that from what I said.

Maybe because your comment was pretty much a non sequitur, so it's hard to guess what you actually mean?

[Napoléon]

Maybe because your comment was pretty much a non sequitur, so it's hard to guess what you actually mean?

Lol so because you've misunderstood/misinterpreted you just assign what you want?

I don't really get what's so hard to understand, do you guys just like to argue or what?


Abaris said he would be hard pressed to name a country that has a losing candidate with 2.5 million less votes.

I effectively made 2 points that might give an explanation as to why (without going into super duper detail for those with such poor reading comprehension to understand):

1. Population
2. Democracy

Point 1: You would probably find it hard to find a candidate with 2.5 million less votes, because guess what, most countries don't have a population as high as the US's in order for that to regularly or realistically occur
Point 2: Most countries don't function the same democratically as the US, or even similarly.


Is that better? Or am I "telling you that implementing proportional elections wouldn't be feasible because the US is too big"?

[abaris]

I see, that's how democracy is supposed to work. The minority, however proportional, gets to claim victory.

[Napoléon]

I see, that's how democracy is supposed to work. The minority, however proportional, gets to claim victory.

What are you even talking about dude? Literally some of you just plug your fingers in your ears and argue with whatever the fuck you feel like.

Stop insinuating that I'm saying shit that I'm not.

[abaris]

So, what did you say, other than it's down to America's size that the minority takes it all? Because that's what it is, size or not. Clinton winning the popular vote by give or take 2.5 millions and still losing. According to latest news.