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America has had problems with their elections for some time.
An informed vote is critical for a democracy, and for much too long a lot of people have voted out of complete and utter ignorance.
At least you can argue that this political ignorance is not just an issue for USA, it exists to some proportion everywhere.
But what the FBI and the news media has done these years, is the straw that broke the camel's back. It's no longer an issue of an ignorant vote, it's an issue of a blatantly and purposefully misinformed vote, orchestrated by people who would directly politically profit from the outcome of this directed vote.
You can't ignore this. You can't call the voting process intact and trustworthy after these revelations. What USA has experienced is exactly what was being done all the time in the soviet block. It's what even Putin did with his opponents. Block, censor, arrest those who talk against you, and use the propaganda machine to praise your leadership, even when you drive the country straight into disrepair. That's how you act as an authoritarian.
That's how you destroy democracy.
@jeff
I saw the signs. Their speeches, their reluctance of allowing vote auditing... I've seen that too many times in my country already. I know it, I recognize it. All the double speak, all the lies... Before the Twitter files came, I had already warned that USA is at risk of losing it's democracy. To me, these revelations proved that I was too late in my warnings.
@alyx It's not the misinformed votes. It's the fact that all politicians are just puppets of the shadow government. It doesn't matter who you vote for. The results are always the same. A well-informed populace won't fix this. Democracy is a scam.
Want a real solution? Read this book.
@xianc78
Broken link.
b e a r d
@alyx I found out just a little while ago that the runner up for president used to just become the vice president. How nice that would be.
@alyx TL;DR our country's screwed and is swirling down the toilet
@Flatulenator
Yeah... the reason the things that happen in USA terrify me, is because eventually EVERYTHING (especially the bad things) trickle down throughout all of Europe.
