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When Trump became POTUS, I couldn't find anyone in my social circle who liked him. But apparently, roughly half the country did.

Similarly, I've yet to meet someone who thought Brexit would be a good idea.

What that shows me is that the bubble is very real and that people with those views are hidden from me.

"Do you think it is, or is not, morally wrong for a couple to have a baby if they are not married?" 47% of Americans say "morally wrong". That is very conservative in my opinion.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4315/family-values-differ-sharp...

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The American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way. This is why I dont like the system. The Europeans are making it much better, because they force parties to have coalition. The European democracies are not doing what the majority wants, but assures that the minorities are not left behind.

Just because many many people voted for Trump or the Brexit it doesn't make this good or right.

You seem to have a misunderstanding of how democracy works in Europe. There are many different countries in the continent and only some of them have parliamentary systems; others operate more like the USA (and there's even a dictatorship or two). In a parliamentary system a party that wins an outright majority can form a government on their own and do what they want; parties are only forced to form coalitions when they lack a majority.

I think he was being too short to address your criticism.

America only ends up with a majority because the system creates and only has room for 2 political parties.

If America had a more hand wavey European like system, then America would likely have 2+ parties.

> American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way

I don't understand, a large part of the last 20-30 years of American elections have been an entire outrage over how a such a small amount of people can have such outsized results in elections because of how the system is structured. Its literally the opposite of your take.

Majorities don't decide the way in US. Even a president can be elected without being the most voted by the majority of citizens, due to the crazy delegate system.

> roughly half the country did

That says a lot about about US. But I never said I was talking about US.

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