Comment by ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone on I Want to Give Up

There are over 340 million people in this country. 70 million people isn’t a majority. And not even all of those people are fascists.

If you vote for a fascist, you’re a fascist.

Also, if you fail to vote against a fascist… 😬

This. Fucking this. We can only win next time if we let them know now that they are terrible people who made terrible choices. That will definitely lead to victory.

Only 64 million people and still counting voted for Harris. This strategy would have us turn against everyone else in the US and allow the fascists to outnumber us by our own hands. It is a useless strategy. Organizing with everyone we can against fascists is how we win. We outnumber them.

If only that were evident by the fucking people that showed up to vote.

It is. There are 340 million people in the US. 70 million and counting voted for Trump. 270 million people is greater than 70 million. And odds are fascists are still the minority in that group.

The number one issue polled for Republican voters was the economy. People bought the Fox News bullshit and now the economy is going to crash because of Trump’s policies. Musk said as much.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/elon-musk-trump-hardship-austerity-taxes-rcna177732

The issue is the remaining millions don’t actually care enough to vote. They are happy with anything.

A large portion of that 340 million legally cannot vote. ~74 million are children.

Not everyone did so knowingly. There are people who did knowingly vote for fascists of course. But there are plenty of people who got brainwashed by Fox News. It’s not useful to create millions of enemies when we already outnumber the fascists.

Fox News brainwashed my Grandma and Mom. They’re both Jewish. My Grandmother didn’t live to see this. She was the kindest person I’ve ever met. She would never hurt anyone.

My Mom’s an asshole, but she’s still my Mom and I lover her despite the fact she is brainwashed and misgenders me because my peace of mind makes her insecure. You think the fascists are going to care that she voted for them? As far as the fascists are concerned, she’s one more person they get to kill.

“I didn’t think the leopards world eat my face”, cried person who voted for the Leopards Eating Faces Party

There’s going to be a lot of that. It’s important to remember no one deserves fascism and there is nothing anyone can do to deserve fascism. So even though some of these people, whose faces will be eaten, voted for fascists, they can one day still become allies.

I have to agree here. My father was a very well educated man. He has parts that he designed and manufactured by himself in the Smithsonian Aeronautical Museum, as well as parts that he designed and manufactured in the Hubble.

In the end, the fall of this intelligent man was Fox News. It is a brain worm. I loved him dearly, but the combination of conspiracy and hatred consumed him in the end. The last time I saw him, he asked to see his son. I will never recover from this.

I’m sorry that happened. Thank you for sharing. People need to hear stories like these.

Yes, but how many are of voting age, though, and how many of those are eligible? 340 million includes everyone, including those who can’t.

161 million registered voters in 2024. ~140 million votes cast.

The worst case estimate has it at 11 million people are fascists in the US. This is from 2018, but it gives a good ball park number for today. edit: 2018 not 2016

https://www.vox.com/2018/8/10/17670992/study-white-americans-alt-right-racism-white-nationalists

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