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2016 Postmortem

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TXCritter

(344 posts)
Fri Dec 30, 2016, 02:51 PM Dec 2016

Dear non-voters, Thank you for Trump [View all]

Over the years I have met many non-voters. Some are apathetic, some are confused and, frankly, I prefer that they stay out of what they can not or will not understand.

There is one group, however, that has confused and angered me for years. These are the committed non-voters who excuse their abdication of their rights and duties by saying,

"I don't vote because it justifies a corrupt system. If enough people stop voting then the government has no validity."

or something similar.

For years I was baffled by these people. Then it dawned on me. If we were a tiny third world ccountry and this happened, then there would, no doubt, be some larger "benefactor" nation who would take this low participation rate as a sign that the government was corrupt and come to "save" these people from their horrible situation. But who is going to come "save" us? An alien species from Alpha Centauri? We are the strongest, richest country in the history of Earth. NO ONE is coming to "save" us but ourselves.

But wait! Is it possible? Yes! Here comes Putin! Putin will save us from ourselves! He orchestrated hacking our election! Russia to the Rescue.

And now we have Trump. I guess those non-voters had a good plan after all.

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