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Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

  • redlemace@lemmy.world
    201·
    7 hours ago

    Well…yes and no. If I recall well, little over 60% voted. Slightly more than half for trump. So a bit over 30% of the american voters voted for this shit. Those 40% that not voted… They could have made a difference but did not bother

    • 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      17·
      6 hours ago

      I have a friend… A person I know, who is dating a good friend of mine. He’s from California originally. He convinced my friend to not vote because Kamala had “bad policies” when she was an AG. Blah blah pot. Blah blah guns… blah blah excuse.

      Now he’s vocal about Trump’s policies, blah blah guns. Blah blah free speech, blah blah ICE.

      I’m like mofo do you even hear yourself? She wasn’t perfect. She made mistakes… But nope couldn’t vote for the woman.

      Shits infuriating.

      • humanamerican@lemmy.zip
        3·
        4 hours ago

        It’s perfectly legitimate to vote third party in a non-swing state to express your disgust with the state of The Democrats. However, doing that in a swing state is basically just punching yourself in the face.

        In no case should you choose not to vote because that registers as apathy rather than disgust with the choices.

    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Nope. Less than half voted for Trump. He didn’t even have a majority of people who cast a vote for president. And a third of the country isn’t eligible to vote due to age.

      So just under 20% of Americans voted for him.

          • humanamerican@lemmy.zip
            11·
            3 hours ago

            Trust me when I say I have wrestled with this for a long time now, having to live among people who either voted for the fascists or didn’t vote at all. There are a few key factors in the US that just don’t make it that simple:

            • Our population is heavily propagandized to accept fascist behavior and rhetoric as normal, or even patriotic
            • People in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods/cities struggle to see much of a difference between the parties because they are often living under full time military-style occupation by their local police force, even when their local government is run by Democrats. The tactics ICE is using against middle class white protestors are not new. They’re just new to middle class white people
            • A lot of people with multiple kids and jobs, especially in states controlled by Republicans, are not reasonably able to vote because they don’t have the time and their state/local governments go out of their way to make it difficult
    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1020·
      7 hours ago

      They voted as a country. The country as an entity wanted Trump and they got it.

      Only the losers in any election starts itemizing. I get it: Trump is about as legit as Hitler in terms of absolute percentage of people who voted for him vs. the entire pool of potential electors.

      But that’s not how it works: he won as per the rules of the elections, and now he’s become the country’s choice and its problem.