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You realize it was a representative-democratic process chose to enact TikTok ban, so your statement is literally false on that dimension alone.

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you're implying that these elections are on equal grounds with truthful candidates. I think that's a small part why America has become decreaingly distrustgul of politicians but still vote. Many people on both sides of the aisle have admitted 2024 felt like choosing the least bad candidate.

The root cause of this sort of comment is people often equate the outcome of democracy == good or desirable to them or even the majority, which is not necessarily the case. People can whine about the outcome of a democratic process all they want, which even if done perfectly could be a compromise that is distasteful to all parties but still democratic.

You'd normally be right. But the US did just have the richest man in the world setup a lottery to buy votes, and walked it back to "oh it was rigged anyway" when called out on it. Any lawsuits is pennies compared to the results.

It was subtle before with stuff like Gerrymandering that the layman would never notice. But it's so blatant now that the democratic process is compromised.

When he got away with calling the Thai diver "pedo guy" using the "lol jk" defense then he knew he could get away with anything.

> you're implying that these elections are on equal grounds with truthful candidates

Where exactly is the commenter implying this?

No political process on Earth, democratic or otherwise, has ever met this standard.

But is it the Will of the People?

Yes. I also realize that a democratic system allows for making decisions that do not align with such a system, and can in fact destroy such a system from within.

Is this not what we have all been saying about Trump? Or are you saying that is OK because his moves have been made within the framework of a democratic system?

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