2020 U.S. Presidential Election - Took place November 3, 2020. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assumed office January 20, 2021.

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What do you mean fraud in Milwalkee? Its only at 200% turnout!
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The events of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire are completely inapplicable to American politics.
While there are a few military veterans in congress, even fewer made the rank of general or command a loyal fanbase in the military that would go die for them. This was absolutely key in Roman politics, and utterly absent in the United States because guess what the Founders were explicitly trying to avoid.
Secondly, Rome treated its laws and republican traditions with very literal religious respect, as opposed to the only implied reverence of the Constitution and the Founders here in America. Half of why the transition from Roman Republic to Roman Empire went as smooth as it did - and that is counting the civil wars - is that the general public came to believe that the Gods were using Caesar/Augustus as a way to preserve and oversee the Republic. A "who watches the watchmen" sort of role. In America, there would be no such mandate from heaven and instead any dictator of any ideology would rule purely through fiat and the inability of any coherent resistance, and no other reason.
 
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I feel detached right now. This whole election has been a surreal shitshow. I wanted Trump to win, warts and all, because while he was a scapegoat for the left, he was also the perfect speed bump to their bullshit. I'd like to think he'll still win, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that. I'm NOT looking forward to a Biden presidency. It won't be the end of the world, but it will still push a lot of shitty trends further since the White House will be on their side again.

Is it fair to say white guilt won? Because I feel like, in a way, it has. Not only that, but the regressive left and its allies and components won too.

What do you guys think?
 
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
This killed my faith in voting. Voting does not matter.
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Voting locally still matters. City, county, state. Things like school boards, attorneys general, and city councils; look at all the pozzed city council freaks in the PNW— it would only take a couple of hundred motivated and organized voters to flip those seats. Those races still matter because they’re more likely to affect our lives than DC shit.
 
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God of Nothing said:
Not as much as of late, let's be honest.
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Are they still as unhinged now as they were right before the election 4 years ago? The end of that season is when I just gave up on that show and never watched any new episode after that. It was like a lot of awkwardly-forced preachy anger instead of just trying to be funny. At the time I didn't even vote for Trump and still thought it was over-the-top.
 
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SuudsuAddict said:
I feel detached right now. This whole election has been a surreal shitshow. I wanted Trump to win, warts and all, because while he was a scapegoat for the left, he was also the perfect speed bump to their bullshit. I'd like to think he'll still win, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that. I'm NOT looking forward to a Biden presidency. It won't be the end of the world, but it will still push a lot of shitty trends further since the White House will be on their side again.

Is it fair to say white guilt won? Because I feel like, in a way, it has. Not only that, but the regressive left and its allies and components won too.

What do you guys think?
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I think its time to take the week to chill. Still do work and school, but chill out with some nice music, video games, working out... basically get some comfort & wait for the shock to wear off.
 
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