Oh no, it was originally intended this way too. This is what James Madison was talking about when he said that the government ought to secure the interests of the opulent minority against the will of the majority.
Comment on Is anyone else having a hard time sympathizing with Americans?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Sounds like you’ve listened to many conversations and just assumed that every American is an amalgamation of all of those conversations combined.
The US has spend 250 years fine tuning a system designed to keep the top people at the top. The system may not be working as it was originally intended, but it is working as it has been designed.
About 25% of all Americans Voted for Trump, slightly less voted for Harris, and the rest were ineligible to vote or just didn’t bother.
It’s not like we all supported this and are now shocked that it’s coming to fruition, many of us are currently screaming SEE! WE TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN!! only to listen to people defending what’s going on because they’d rather justify murder than admit they’ve made a mistake.
For the most part, the people being attacked and killed are not the people who asked for this. They are the people who tried to stop it, and they are being targeted and hunted by a white supremacist regime.
Maybe the country as a whole doesn’t deserve any sympathy for letting itself get here, but even if we do, your sympathy, thoughts, and prayers, isn’t going to get us out of it any more than mine could prevent it.
frisbird@lemmy.ml 1 hour ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 33 minutes ago
I don’t doubt it at all, but I didn’t want to claim one way or the other.
frisbird@lemmy.ml 27 minutes ago
Start claiming it.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
“it’s easier to fool someone than it is to convince him he’s been fooled”