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I keep saying trying is something that should still be done, so not really sure where you’re getting that, though yes I agree that I’m not convinced that the US’ bar is high enough.
Honestly, the simple fact is that the US is deeply fucked and got that way partly because the population, in general, supported that Quiet Peace(TM). Peoplentoo afraid to stir the pot, too afraid to get temporarily uncomfortable for a longterm gain. Decades and decades of centrists and people desperate to appear “moderate” without ever really defining that term. You talk about how strong the system is yet Trump has faced zero consequences for all his delays, his felonies, and impeachments against him have gone nowhere. Look at how hard the system had to work to get even what you claimed, and look at how easily many of the Jan 6 protesters where pardoned, and tell me withba straight face that system is moderately healthy and just needs small changes to set it all right.
I don’t have much to say against the people who didn’t vote for Kamala. The Democrats are largely totally ok with what the GOP is doing and they keep letting them off with nothing more than a frowny face. Harris cared so much about the country that after losing she simply disappeared and wrote a book about it. Her win wouldn’t have put the country back on track, but sending a strong message to the Democrats that being center-right is not an alternative to fascism would have certainly been a start. And we can see with Mamdani that they don’t want to hear that message, but it makes it louder.
The US has been like this the whole time, it’s a core issue not a sudden surface blemish that can whisked away. The only difference is that now even white people are getting to experience what it’s been like for everyone else. The solution is not going to be comfortable, whatever that ultimately means, and you need to let go of that idea so that you’re not blocking change either with your vote or something else.