Our chief scam is crypto...crypto and tariffs...tariffs and crypto.... Our two scams are tariffs and crypto...and baffling inefficiency.... Our three scams are tariffs, crypto, and baffling inefficiency...and an unconstitutional devotion to Donald Trump.... Our four...no... Amongst our scams.... Amongst our scams...are such elements as tariffs, crypto.... I'll come in again.
This is what the American public wanted. America isn't a banana republic where the population has no agency. Americans actively went out and voted a convicted criminal in as president.
Only 30% of americans voted for him. Yes, that's quite a share of people ready to vote for a convicted criminal, but not to the point where I would say that the U.S. population showed actual agency in this election - and that might be the crux of the problem.
I take that the non-voting population thought they'd be fine either way. Or just the same either way. Now why would they think that, there might be more answers than I can imagine.
My theory was that it was a mental trap of the kind "Meh, he already was a president and the world didn't end so who cares". Unfortunately, right-wing power gets much worse the second time they get the chance to rule.
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