politics @lemmy.world mookulator @wirebase.org 2y ago

Trump’s indictment has turned every American voter into a juror

www.economist.com Page not found | The Economist

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Y'all going to be real pissed off again.
- I'm gonna be pissed off having to vote for Biden. I hate the two party system.
  
  As an European can you explain what's so wrong about him? So many laws have been blocked by the opposition.
  
  Dutchie here. Not a fan of the multiparty system either. Anyone who hits the news (be it positive or negative) can start their own party if they get the number of party members required.
  
  Result: we had to enlarge our voting billets.
  
  I'll be voting for Cornel West. You could, too!
- Why, you think he's going to win?
  
  It would be consistent with him getting away with all of the other obviously blatant shit he has done before.
  
  I hope so. The economy can't take much more.
- Mid term election should have been a right wing blow out and it wasn't, that's pretty foreboding for Trump
  
  2000 mules.
- doubt
  
  👌
That's certainly a way to look at it. Not wrong either.
- Pretty par for the economist. Not the same take as every other news outlet, not exactly the take I agree with on all points, but not totally wrong either.
*swing state voters
- We also get to see how badly he loses the popular vote.
  
  Currently looks unlikely 😓
Non-paywalled link.
The main problem with that analogy is that juries hear all the evidence before making their decision.

But MAGA voters will never hear the facts on these cases, because they live exclusively in a media bubble that feeds them lies and truly moronic conspiracy theories.

This country is not okay.
- The main problem with that analogy is that juries hear all the evidence before making their decision.
  
  No. They are SUPPOSED to hear all the evidence. Reality and expectation are different things.
  
  Voters are supposed to hear all of the facts. But reality and expectation are different things.
  
  The analogy works great.
  
  I don't think you understand how real juries work, then.
Guilty.
Archive link: https://archive.ph/efBfM
Article is paywalled after two paragraphs
- The Economist always has one eye on the bottom line.
Dead link.
- Fixed. Thanks
  
  Link is still dead or dead again homie.
- (read to the tune of The Pink Panther)

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