> Nothing prevents the next president from having a radically different opinion.
Of course, this is only relevant if they are interested in having a 'next' president, something which it seems a segment of society is less than open to.
Of course, this is only relevant if they are interested in having a 'next' president, something which it seems a segment of society is less than open to.
However, in case such an event comes to pass, what is far more important is the segment which actively opposes such a power grab. Authoritarians reply on the passiveness of the majority coupled with a small but very vocal and rabid fan base.
It's quite possible that a slow and gradual slide in that direction is underway, but the minute even a small faction of people actively oppose that, strongmen tend to find the limits of their power pretty quickly and mostly in ways that are pretty detrimental to their health.
The civil rights movement is a pretty good example of the power of a small set of people being enough to have critical mass.
https://electiontruthalliance.org/clark-county%2C-nv
https://www.thenumbersarewrong2024.com/across-the-us/swing-s...
Then combine that with all the election interference we know Elon was doing, and previous years of being concerned about the security of voting machines.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlnjzzk919o
https://apnews.com/article/election-security-voting-machines...
There are reasons to think the votes may have been tampered with.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42994293
This was previously discussed on HN before getting flagged like most political topics.
The list of equipment is long:
https://verifiedvoting.org/equipmentdb/
I guess if someone comes up and shows these same discrepancies everywhere where a particular manufacturer had a footprint, I'd probably be more on board with screaming election interference.
The fact this anomaly only happens in swing states under commonly identified conditions for foreign elections with widely accepted interference isn't suspicious enough? You can recreate the Russian tail yourself with the available data. A commenter in the HN thread I linked even posts the code to do so.
I feel like suspicious voting patterns should be investigated, not that I have any belief that will happen. We already have proof of a consistent statistical anomaly.
I'm very much of the opinion there's going to be a violent civil war before the decade is over.
(and I'm not even implying anything. He's turning 79 this year and clearly not in top mental nor physical health).