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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Matata's post may not be worded in the best way, but the general theme isn't wrong. People shouldn't just look at this presidential election and go "Trump's gone, now all is right with U.S politics!" and think everything is fine for the next 4 years.
This win doesn't change the fact that over 70M people still voted and supported that horrible human.
This win doesn't silence voices like Mitch McConnell that are still too prevalent in U.S politics and are spouting many of the same things that Trump did.
This win doesn't change the years of discrimination and structural racisim that has placed minorities in the US.
This win doesn't suddenly solve the issues with law enforcement and police reform in the U.S.
ETC, ETC
Should it be celebrated? 100% because it's still a big win.
But this needs to be seem as the first step to uniting and improving the United States, not the final victory. If people don't want this to happen again then they need to keep working and protesting for voting reform, etc over the next 4 years.
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Not to mention Biden and the democrats actually need to do something over the next two years or they'll lose the next election. I can't believe all of the people already excusing Biden for doing nothing and blaming Mitch McConnell. If they don't meaningfully improve people's lives in the next two years they deserve to lose.
Why did 70 million people vote for Trump? Saying things like "they vote against their self interest" and "they're stupid" is lazy and only designed to comfort the people saying this stuff. Democrats haven't looked out for working class people in 50 years and they know it.
Anyway, I keep writing and deleting things, which means I'm ranting, so I'd better stop and actually work. Plus I'm sure this thread has moved on by now.