Heidi Li FeldmanWhat a disgusting criminal Trump is.
rodlux@heidilifeldman that is who the #US people chose twice, he clearly is the most respected politician and the one who shares the same views as the majority of those who could be bothered to vote. We may criticse, but in the end a #country gets the #leader it #craves.
Alli šŖšŗ@rodlux @heidilifeldman only appr. 50% of the American people......
@alloalli @heidilifeldman from being #British I know that sadly about 50% is enough. However, those that didn't vote are also to blame, as was the case in the UK. If like me you support democracy, it means that we have to respect the decision, and politely disagree when needed. But to repeat, Trump was the will of the American people twice, and if he is right three times. That is pretty consistent. Much like Brexit, then the Election which handed victory to Johnson.
@rodlux @heidilifeldman that's all truth, as long as the voting process is held in a democratic way. Sometimes you think an obligation to vote could help make the result more representative of the population, but people are not used to being told what to do anymore, so an obligation will be difficult to realise
@alloalli @heidilifeldman whether #Trump is good or bad for the #US is almost academic. The point is that society changed, and perhaps those of us more on the centre/left did not appear to address the needs of the population enough or indeed articulate a clear visition. Like or loath #Trump he is an electoral genius. The American people were also fully aware of his past including alleged links to #Epstein. They took an on balance decision.
Lord HeeHaw II@rodlux @alloalli @heidilifeldman
I'll only make one observation. In the Brit system it doesn't need to be 50% to be enough. (A fair system would iae require 50+%) From memory, and I may be wrong, in Thatcher's 2nd victory she was elected with 39%, and more seats in pmt. than in victory 1 (42%).
The present govt achieved more than 60% (64%?) of seats with 36% of votes cast.
I've been battling against this all my adult life. For 50 years few listened.
I'll only make one observation. In the Brit system it doesn't need to be 50% to be enough. (A fair system would iae require 50+%) From memory, and I may be wrong, in Thatcher's 2nd victory she was elected with 39%, and more seats in pmt. than in victory 1 (42%).
The present govt achieved more than 60% (64%?) of seats with 36% of votes cast.
I've been battling against this all my adult life. For 50 years few listened.
@hoare_spitall @alloalli @heidilifeldman yes the #UK system is basically undemocratic. When you factor in the House of Lords, Privy council and Monarchy it begins to look a bit like #Iran in terms of structure. I really think that at the very least the UK should introduce compulsory voting. I am tired of hearing people complain that they didn't vote and are not represented...
@rodlux @alloalli @heidilifeldman While we still have the fptp system, I think compulsory voting would further alienate the disillusioned, and be seen as an unjustfied authoritarian limitation on individual rights.
I have my own method; if somebody gripes about the UK govt or other aspects of the system I ask if they've voted in recent elections. Answer 'no' then I tell them (politely) to shut up and stop whining if change isn't worth the effort.
I have my own method; if somebody gripes about the UK govt or other aspects of the system I ask if they've voted in recent elections. Answer 'no' then I tell them (politely) to shut up and stop whining if change isn't worth the effort.
@rodlux @alloalli @heidilifeldman Luckily I haven't lived there for a long time so I don't have to do that often.
I had a social evening one time with a retired judge, a lawyer, and a senior policeman, all German, way. It was General Election time in UK and our chat began when one of them said "What I've never understood about the UK system is . . ."
As I answered their questions I could see their eyes growing larger by the minute, and all eyebrows creeping upwards.
It was a good night.
I had a social evening one time with a retired judge, a lawyer, and a senior policeman, all German, way. It was General Election time in UK and our chat began when one of them said "What I've never understood about the UK system is . . ."
As I answered their questions I could see their eyes growing larger by the minute, and all eyebrows creeping upwards.
It was a good night.
FinchHaven sfba"ā¦only 50% of the American people" do what?
In February of 2026?
From your superlative vantage point inā¦
ā¦Europe, is it?
Such accurate vision and understanding from thousands of miles away
Bart Allen@alloalli @rodlux @heidilifeldman its actually far less than that. The 2024 election had a ~65% turnout and I think 2016 had less.
Bodhipaksa@rodlux @heidilifeldman He didnāt get a majority of the vote in either election.
@bodhipaksa @rodlux @heidilifeldman Thank you. And all relationships to the voters become whiffs of smoke when we move on to the Electoral College, in all but a few states.
Shirley Eugest@rodlux @heidilifeldman
Nope, he has criminal friends who helped him cheat 3X.
Elon knows better tech people than Mike Lindell was able to muster.
Nope, he has criminal friends who helped him cheat 3X.
Elon knows better tech people than Mike Lindell was able to muster.
Prickly Pam (D-PA)Amen, sister.
@heidilifeldman
Trump was a disruptive toddler before becoming a juvenile delinquent before becoming a criminal adult working with the mob.
We just didn't see how corrupt the rest of them are. How willing to lie and cheat for him.
And for what?
https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2022-10-17/he-did-not-have-a-great-reputation-maggie-haberman-details-trumps-toddler-years-in-new-memoir
@heidilifeldman
NYMA gave him some nice photos in a military style dress uniform, but it was also a reform school for the rich.
He was able to graduate from this high school without a criminal record.
I don't know exactly which crime his dad decided went too far. Maybe it was when Trump dangled another kid out of a second story window by his ankles? Maybe it was trouble with girls? He was a bully. He picked on girls.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-sent-reform-school-teen-bullying-nieces-book-says-1516370
Trump Sent to āReform Schoolā As Teen for Bullying, Nieceās Book Says
Long before he became a president notorious for mocking people, Donald Trump's āname-calling and teasing kids too young to fight backā helped land him at the New York Military Academy, according to a niece's tell-all book due out next week.
@heidilifeldman
Trump was introduced to the Genovese Family and the Gambino Family by his lawyer, Roy Cohn.
In NYC the concrete trade was controlled by the five families. It helped Trump make money, legalities be damned.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2019/09/trumps-mob-connections/176871/
(((JaneinNJ)))@heidilifeldman Bibiās right there with him.
xs4me2Can say that again indeedā¦
@heidilifeldman Some posters in this thread draw the strangest conclusions from the thinnest evidence, but I suppose my own statement is almost an oxymoron. I must mean the weakest conclusions from the thinnest evidence. Silly old me.