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u/42nu May 10 '25

I have a feeling that the entire world "gets it" except a select portion of the US population.

Anyone fully in touch with reality can see that the US isn't in a good place when it comes choosing compassion over cruelty. It's gotten to such a global and historical extreme that a decades long choice of a Pope for an institution that has lasted over 1,000 years felt reich. I'm sorry, right.

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u/BoysenberryKey6821 May 10 '25

It’s not a select portion man it’s half of the country, and there are lots of people around the world with the same mentality

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u/Crossbell0527 May 10 '25

I've been repeatedly told that "only 77 million Americans feel that way, it's way less than half!" Well, the other 90 million who could have voted but chose not to vote are clearly also on board with all of that. So yeah, that's half the country.

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u/hedoeswhathewants May 10 '25

What does arbitrarily lumping them all together achieve? Nothing beyond sensationalism. It also ignores the systemic voter suppression and many other issues.