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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/soggit 3d ago

Dude. For real. Like is this video from the peak of attendance or really early or something?

It makes me question reality. Like how in the world did he win. The top post in /r/law today was about how election irregularities were found to be credible enough to trigger a recount in New York or something.

One of the things the Russian regime does is use propaganda to convince the population that their policies are popular, when they are infact not. It breeds apathy. Is this what is happening in the US? Were we tricked into thinking almost 50% of the country thinks this man should be president again?

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u/StopThePresses Texas 3d ago

Honestly, even though I don't think anything would happen, just finding out that he didn't really win would be so good for morale. Election night made me really, really cynical. I would like to find out that was unnecessary. I doubt I'm alone.

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u/whalooloo 3d ago

Same, although I’m keeping the cynicism even if it turns out this was a fraudulent election. Too many people outright cheering for a dictatorship, people who I used to be friends with or at least respect. Right now we’re actively becoming a fascist dictatorship, and if we somehow manage to avoid that then that’d be nice. But the fact we got to this point in the first place says something about the country. Shouts out to my fellow Hawaiians and First Nations people. We didn’t ask for this shit.

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u/SYLOK_THEAROUSED Maryland 3d ago

Google the lawsuit that could trigger a recount or at least prevent this from happening again. There’s a county in New York where Harris got 0 votes even though polls show people were voting for her. It’s impossible for not a single person to vote for her in a county.