2020 US Election Thread

[TheBig3]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s the theft of resources that belong to and should be fairly distributed to all humankind. They should dig him up and kill him again.

It is my money, thanks for asking.

You own that Ukrainian oil company?

Unrelated:

The RNC is wiring cash to Texas. Is it a 2020 battleground?

[OccultHawk]

You own that Ukrainian oil company?

1/8,000,000,000th of it, yes.

[TheBig3]

Also, and this is me just playing devil's advocate here, isn't this what happens at like, most major corporate companies? Some person gets hired because they understand public policy.

I work in the Renewables industry and they hire State Legislators all the time for their knowledge of policy and their connections. Those guys don't know about the physics of energy, and the business end of it isn't that much different than any other business.

You have land, I want to use it for energy, negotiate a price, get a financial model for the fracking/solar panels/wind turbine and see if you're going to get screwed.

If no, build
If yes, go to the Gov. Relations team and see if there are tax credits

If yes, build
If no, lobby

[Lisnaholic]

With a slew of voter-repression manouvres in Republican-run states, with measures/statements to undercut the validity of mail-in ballots and a President who has already claimed repeatedly that any result other than his victory will be due to election fraud, it's alarming to watch the speed with which America is "sliding out of democracy and into authoritarianism", as a journalist more-or-less said recently. Same journalist also said, "There is no umpire in an election." No impartial authority to see that the election is conducted fairly.

Back in 2018, I remember suggesting this rule of thumb for hanging on to democracy: Don't vote for a party that practises voter repression. Updating that, may I suggest: Don't vote for a party whose leader declares:-"We want to have get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very trans we'll have a very peaceful there won't be a transfer frankly. There'll be a continuation."


Rather like a post from elph, it's difficult to punctuate, but effectively conveys a message. (No offense, I hope, elph )

[Gutmensch]

Why do you care about the election?

In 2016 Trump has received about 2.9 Million voices less than Hillary Clinton.

There is no democracy in the world where such a candidate would have become president. So you already live with the wrong president since four years.

So it actually doesn't matter who becomes president. A nation which accepts such an irrational voting system shouldn't complain about fraud.

[Marie Monday]

Oh come on, there is clearly a difference between someone honestly elected in a retarded system (let's pretend US elections are honest for the sake of argument), and someone who is elected by fraud.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Gutmensch

Why do you care about the election?

In 2016 Trump has received about 2.9 Million voices less than Hillary Clinton.

There is no democracy in the world where such a candidate would have become president. So you already live with the wrong president since four years.

So it actually doesn't matter who becomes president. A nation which accepts such an irrational voting system shouldn't complain about fraud.

Care to offer us Americans your take on why the electoral college is irrational and fraudulent?

[Frownland]

It pretty much nullifies the concept of one vote per person.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by Frownland

It pretty much nullifies the concept of one vote per person.

I think that's somewhat of a simplification, it essentially means votes from different states are weighted differently.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Oh come on, there is clearly a difference between someone honestly elected in a retarded system (let's pretend US elections are honest for the sake of argument), and someone who is elected by fraud.

lol @ “honestly”

I get what you’re saying but on the real: **** people who win elections. It’s one of the worst reasons to assign someone power that I can think of. Most popular? Among people? That’s stupid af.