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The cynicism behind faulting americans who didn't even vote for Trump is concerning (kbin.melroy.org)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

Americans haven't been sitting around letting it happen. Not all, anyways. If you do not blame Russians for Putin, then it is pure hypocrisy to blame US citizens. Period.

I don't think the people taking your stance actually understand how poor and uneducated most US citizens are. The majority of people have been one paycheck away from homelessness for years. Even before Trump. The US likes to talk a big game, but it is nothing like the GDP would suggest for most Americans...

Again, if you don't blame Russians, yet do blame the US, you're simply being an ignorant hypocrite.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago

    You completely misunderstood me.

    Everything I said is to say precisely that I don't blame the average American. I mean, I even talked about people generally, not Russians after the first sentence, and specifically said that I don't care for blame generally...

    I don’t blame the average Russian for having Putin in power, I don’t blame the over-worked people who get sucked into brainwashing. If you expect people with worse resources to perform as well as you with better resources, then shouldn’t you expect even more of yourself? I don’t really care for blame generally.

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