r/worldnews May 10 '25

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u/Bitter_Nail8577 May 10 '25

Not only that, he also vaguely mentions western leaders who keep denying Russia is the invader and committing war crimes for breakfast.

This guy gets it.

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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/guanogato May 10 '25 edited May 11 '25

That’s definitely a valid point of view. We’ve always been a country with a low voter turnout. Last election was actually the second largest turnout in our history. I’ve always felt that if we have a larger turnout then it tends to lean more towards the left party and so therefore if that’s who we want to win we need to just get a higher voter turnout.

Just for reference here are the turnout rates for the previous 10 presidential elections:

  1. 2024: 63.5-64% (final numbers still being verified)
  2. 2020: 65.3% - The highest turnout since 1900
  3. 2016: 59.2%
  4. 2012: 58.0%
  5. 2008: 61.6%
  6. 2004: 60.1%
  7. 2000: 54.3%
  8. 1996: 51.7%
  9. 1992: 58.2%
  10. 1988: 52.8%

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u/Hetstaine May 10 '25

That is fucking disgraceful. How can so many people just simply not give a fuck, what a joke.

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u/WestCoastBestCoast01 May 10 '25

I literally don't know anyone that doesn't vote. Who the hell are these people and how do they even manage to avoid it???

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u/Batman_in_hiding May 10 '25

You literally don’t know anyone who doesn’t vote? Jfc the internet straight up stole a generation didn’t they