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Re: post-election scenarios
- To: noelle
- Subject: Re: post-election scenarios
- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2020 14:17:34 -0800
- Keywords: our-Oakland-cell-phone-number
> From: Noelle <noelle>
> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 13:47:44 -0800 (PST)
>
> Thomas Frank weighs in
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/07/trump-defeat-election
He didn't even mention how 30% of the eligible voters didn't even bother
to cast a ballot. (Not that I'd want anybody who doesn't even vaguely
know the candidates.)
But, perhaps I'm being as naïve as George Orwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proles_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)#The_hope_of_revolution
Maybe the people who don't vote just get what they deserve, even if they
are hurting other people besides just themselves.
> On Sat, 7 Nov 2020, robert wrote:
> > > From: Noelle <noelle>
> > > Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 07:31:08 -0800 (PST)
> > >
> > > https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2020/Pres/Maps/Nov05.html#item-5
> >
> > Yeah. Like I said last night on the call with Heather and David: we are
> > so fucked. And, in particular, the planet is so fucked.