Harris threatens to further alienate Muslim voters with Shapiro VP pick
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I agree that it's an alarmist stance, and no I don't really believe democracy will end if Trump gets elected, but consider this... In 2016 we were all saying we're sick of the same old shit so let's just burn it all down and let Trump win, what's the worst he can do? And here we are eight years later and we're STILL finding out just how badly he fucked us. Even without Biden continuing some of Trump's polices, look what SCOTUS has done to this country. We've all seen Project 2025 by now, and we all know Trump and his cronies are behind it despite his attempts to distance himself from the project, but I have honest concerns that Trump isn't fully in control of himself any longer and could easily be manipulated into thinking he thought of this plan himself, and then tries to push it forward. It has been a long time since he had any rational ability to step back and look at what he's doing, and that does scare me. I'm not so much worried about Trump in the next term, but rather the people he surrounds himself with. However if Trump is soundly beaten in this election, it might just make Conservatives realize that nobody is willing to put up with this extremist reality-tv style showmanship that they've been cultivating over the last eight years, and perhaps they will consider putting up a more rational candidate for the next election.
OK, I understand the goal of bargaining power, and maybe it might work, I'm just worried that this isn't the election to try making a power move when the alternative could literally see harm coming to their families. Do you remember after 9/11 when everyone was ready to round up and shoot anyone that appeared middle-eastern even if they were generational American citizens? Trump's style of encouraging the skinheads to take matters into their own hands means anyone who isn't pale white could see even more harassment than today, and that worries me. And for the record, I am a white guy, but I'm really tired of all the brutality that POC suffer and Trump's term really did make things worse.
Have you seen that a few states are working out the details to implement RCV? I live in Colorado, one of the places which are trying to evaluate it. Yes it's going slow, but our government is actually taking it seriously with plans to try and have it in place by the 2028 election, so I do have some hope. We all know the government moves at the speed of a slug in a salt mine but this seems at least somewhat encouraging. And hey, they said marijuana would never be accepted either, but look at us now. Still not universally legal but progress is being made.