cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23598266
Summary
Key leaders of the “Abandon Harris” movement, which encouraged voters to oppose Kamala Harris due to U.S. support for Israel during the Gaza war, are now expressing unease about Trump’s incoming administration.
Many in the movement, including prominent Muslim leaders, voted for Trump hoping he would bring peace to the Middle East.
However, concerns are growing over his Cabinet picks, such as Mike Huckabee and Tulsi Gabbard, which some see as troubling for Muslim communities.
This is what happens when a single issue voting bloc looks up from their issue and realized they listened to a lie because they heard what they wanted. Single issue voters are a plague to democracy because they aren’t smart enough to think about more than one thing.
So my only question really is whether these people are deliberate agents provocateur who are now feebly trying to hide the fact that they were working for the benefit of Trump all along or if they’re blithering idiots who are genuinely so fucking stupid that they didn’t see this coming
I see no third option - it’s one or the other
I suspect a lot of people thought everything would go back to 2016 if Trump won. There would be a big “resistance” movement and they could be important players in it. The small time ones like these guys thought they would get lots of attention and could push their own accelerationist agenda, and the bigger ones like CNN, WaPo and NYT thought they would go back to making lots of money on subscriptions and ad sales.
Stupid people realizing the outcomes of stupid actions may turn out stupid.
First past the post is such a bad way of voting. They make you choose between 2 parties that don’t even reflect most of the people. Proportional representation is a much safer way to handle everything.
Preferential voting is also good.
Trump, or not trump. How does America get even this wrong?
Fucked around.
