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The system was designed around the idea that people take voting seriously. Sadly, we're not there. We're in a country where 1/3rd of the population thinks a rebellion against the government is needed. Not because they are being downtrodden, not because the government is taking their food, not because of mass slaughter by the military...nope. They want a world where only whites are allowed to own property, where there are strict rules for everyone except themselves, where other people's lives and choices are subject to their big magic beliefs, which are somehow better and more accurate than the 3000 other religions on the face of the Earth...somehow.

Voting is problematic when voters are either apathetic or worse, callous, like little children mad because they were denied 3rd dessert.



You seem to have a rather one-sided view of a rather large part of the population. That being commmon is a much bigger problem for a functioning democracy.


I base my view on their literal, factual behavior, past and present.

You however, seem to have a very rosy pair of glasses on.

According to your take, there were a lot of Nazis (pick any bad group) that shouldn't have been lumped in with the rest of the Nazis, because even though their actions were the very same horrific things, viewing them as a monolith is bad? We should look into their hearts and find the real motivation? lol

You my friend, are so badly mistaken, that I honestly don't know what to say.

If the literal, factual actions of 60 million people, attempting to destroy a way of life, because a clown told them to still isn't enough to view them as the enemies they are, then I'm not the one that's lost here, friend.

That's some take.. I hope it serves you well, despite my misgivings.




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