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Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn’t identify with one particular party.
Exactly. That’s why I highlighted that portion.
~60% vs ~20% is a staggering difference. This really shows the much bigger problem of how conservatives gain power. They use the large masses of unintelligent, manipulative gullible people to get votes, and enrich themselves.
This is not freedom. This is not democracy. It’s psychopaths, controlling and keeping people stupid, so they can stay in power and wealth.
Our system is so fucked.
Anyone who has ever talked to a Republican knows this. Whenever you point out half the bullshit coming out of their mouth has been debunked, they just spout some bullshit about the MSM and source being “biased”. Friend, reality is biased against your 🤡 ass.
Literally every time. I’m so sick of giving people (conservatives) the benefit of the doubt when they talk about something I haven’t heard of and realize that yes, in fact, this current issue they’re crying about is also made up or wildly misinterpreted just like every other issue they’ve ever pretended to care about.
The funny thing is the electoral college was created to protect us from this, but it’s kinda the whole reason we’re where we are.
Uh, no. The electoral college was created because the slavers wanted representation for their slaves without giving them the vote.
Edit: Source
No. The electoral college was created because the founders didn’t trust the uneducated general population to not elect a tyrant, so the EC was supposed to be made up of educated people who wouldn’t be stupid enough to vote against the best interests of the people.
It also had a bit to do with how long it took to count votes at the time.
Are you sure you’re not thinking about the 3/5 compromise?
See the source I posted in the edit.
That article says it was created to prevent a populist president, and that it should’ve been scrapped after the 12th amendment but the 3/5 compromise incentivized the South to keep it.
The Federalist Papers talk about this a bit and slavery was not a concern.
I agree the electoral college is part of the problem, but we’ll all benefit from ditching plurality voting and replacing with ranked choice voting or even star voting.
I was in favor of ranked choice voting until Trump came out against it. Now I’m even more in favor of it.
Yes, this level of control over how the populace thinks is a step along the path toward turning human beings into livestock. I’m not fond of it.
aka kleptocracy