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Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Id go so far as to say they're paid good money to explicitly not learn from this.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Democrats are learning in real time what the real function of a controlled opposition party is in a capitalist dictatorship.

As if that wasn't already known.

[–] xapr@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked