On election night, as the results looked to be in Trump’s favor, the baseless conspiracy theories about fraud began tapering off.

On election night, as the results looked to be in Trump’s favor, the baseless conspiracy theories about fraud began tapering off.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    42·
    17 days ago

    The GOP winning at all means it worked, just as it has in the past. Gerrymandering, voter purges, limiting access, corrupt judiciary, prisons, dark money groups, etc. That is how the GOP has won for several decades. They have NEVER been able to win a fair democratic election on a national level.

    • mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works
      151·
      17 days ago

      I know that most progressives are just crying in their beer and looking for someone in their party or an adjacent political group to blame, but why isn’t more attention being brought to the many many efforts by Republicans and their overseas allies to corrupt the election and disenfranchise Democrats? I’m disgusted by the institutionalism that leads our leaders to call and congratulate the fascists rather than holding our own rallies to demand accountability for election irregularities.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
        121·
        17 days ago

        It’s really odd to me that they just quietly conceded and moved straight to complaining about the loss. Conservatives have been screaming about election fraud for years and every accusation is a confession with them…I would not be surprised if the numbers are fictional

        • AngryRobot@lemmy.world
          8·
          17 days ago

          Ye! I hate how many people are talking about trump as if his reign will only be 4 years. They’ll martyr him, and Vance will take the over dictatorship, then before elections happen again, some “emergency” will arise to let him declare martial law and cancel elections.

          Folks, we’re living in Nazi Germany now. Go read up on it. The people at the top of maga certainly have.

      • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
        3·
        17 days ago

        And good luck getting most people off of social media controlled by conservatives. Facebook/Twitter is digital heroin to A LOT of people.

        • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
          3·
          17 days ago

          It’ll go in waves. Currently both the Fediverse and BlueSky are cozy places, and as they continue to further decay, both are going to gain more and more users. I’m less on these kinds of platforms, but I started to instead doomscroll way less and either watch more videos or are more productive. We maybe even should call this movement “social media detox”.

      • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
        51·
        17 days ago

        Absolutely. I place most of the blame here on voters. Even with all those GOP shenanigans in place, a majority of Americans made a choice. I’m well aware the Democratic Party didn’t do itself any favors but the people ultimately decided that this is what they wanted. It wasn’t win or lose, it was a choice between two clear outcomes and they picked authoritarianism.