Comment on What keeps Americans from being mad about the state of their country?
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 days agowe voted for this
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Did we? There are some suspicions of voter fraud in some swing states and it sure as hell isn’t below musk to attempt something like that.
Yet, I think that the past MAGA crazies screaming about “election fraud” and “stop the steal” has poisoned the well for legitimate future calls for investigating potential fraud in elections. On top of that it also makes people that question the results sound like the crazies of the past.
It could explain why trump is allowing so much power to musk.
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Source: I have no source. It’s all feels over reals and a partial lack of acceptance that so many American people are that dumb.
Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 6 days ago
We can’t just claim that an undesirable outcome is the likely really of election fraud… I do wish the result was different but sewing a rumor that has no credible basis in reality serves minimal value.
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I completely agree that we can’t blindly blame this on election fraud, that is a form of denial.
But if there are credible sources that are stating they have doubts about the legitimacy of the results there should be an investigation. My concern is that the Stop the Steal movement, that was using weak or even made up evidence to support their cause has made future allegations less likely to be taken seriously.