the republicants know that when turnout is high, they lose. society and reality lean to the left. that's why they do all the registration and voter suppression and put up as many obstacles as they can to access the ballot box.

there will need to be historic and unprecedented voter participation in every state and in every district to make up for all that right-wing maga bullshit that tries to keep people from being able to vote.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 47 points 1 day ago (15 children)

I honestly thought he was going to lose by an embarrassing landslide last time. I wasn't just hoping, I was convinced from here in Australia. Heck I even put $100 on Kamala, first time in my life betting on politics.

Strange times indeed.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Same from here in South Africa. Reddit had me fooled that we were about to finally enter a period where this fucking orange painted clown isn't stinking up the news with his shit filled diaper on a daily basis, after like 10 long years of it.

I was expecting the inbred hillbillies to still vote for Trump but I didn't realise how many closeted inbred hillbillies there were in the USA.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Evidently a lot of idiots. Sadly I have friends over here that think he's great. They know to not talk about it to me, and really what's the point. They see a few minutes a week of him " saying it how it is" and "getting things done".

I don't bother arguing with rump supporters, it's a waste of time.

On another note, I have travelled through your country a little bit back in 1998. Bloody beautiful scenery. Jo Burg was a bit scary.

[–] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

1998, I was 12 years old lol. The '90s were peak South Africa from my perspective. When we were all still high on Mandela, before Jacob Zuma came along and killed every last bit of hope for the future. That beautiful scenery unfortunately usually only gets seen by tourists because the rest of us are too busy trying to put food on the table.

All I've seen of Australia was the inside of an airport on my way to New Zealand lol.

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