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Phil Tomson 🇺🇦🌻

I don't blame Harris for this result. First and foremost I blame mis and disinformation. We currently have the strongest economy in the world. Inflation is down under 3%. Low unemployment. Yet a whole lot of voters seem to think the economy is terrible and that because prices haven't gone down, inflation is still high (a basic misunderstanding of economics).

Secondly, I think there's a lot of misogyny and racism in the US.

@philtor I blame the racists and the rapists, not the Black Lady.
Simple as that.
And if Racists and Rapists cry over that fact, tough.

@Lazarou @philtor I'd blame Citizens United (the Supreme Court ruling).

@bzdev @philtor nah, Racists and Rapists. White people who are racist and who hate women, Whiteness, White Nationalism, the Bigotry.

That's what's won it.

@philtor

I don't blame VP Harris either. She would have made a most excellent POTUS.

It's only been a few hours since the election was called, but my thoughts are galvanizing around White Privilege and White Supremacy and the potential loss of status. That I think is the underlying cause of Harris losing the election.
Seems a simplistic answer, but open up that box and see for yourself.

@philtor No Phil. You cannot blame “misinformation and disinformation”. That info had to b processed and disseminated by a PERSON. It’s is the PERSON who spread the disinformation that is guilty. A real, live, conscious human being decided to do that to fellow human beings. That is who is guilty.

@philtor

Correct.

And add the media giving Trump free publicity. Again.