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[–] tortina_original@lemmy.world 3 points 14 minutes ago (1 children)

Real question is - will Americans find balls to finally raise hell and get into streets and protest for real (or do general strikes) or will they keep posting "Why doesn't someone arrest Trump/Hegseth/etc?" on social media all day long, fearing loss of any comfort or convenience if they are asked to fight for their freedoms?

I can't tell you the number of times that Americans and citizens of other moral-high-ground countries insisted how I had to fight against my tyrannical regime, decades ago. And we did, and I fought fucking police on the streets.

And here we are, they need to put their money where their mouth is and all we hear is - crickets.

Don't get me wrong, I still prefer Western culture and countries, I would not change it for anything but I am so fucking tired of watching all those loud cunts not having any balls while telling others what they should do (or should have done).

How do all the people suggesting Iranians should have fought the regime feel now, eh?

In case it is not clear, there is 0% chance Trump and billionaires will give away what they hold, peacefully. It is still surreal that there are so many naive people even though they could just glance at history and see how it will play out.

Good luck.

[–] yagurlreese@lemmy.world 2 points 8 minutes ago

yea some of us can't afford to risk that, it's not all just comfort it's survival. it's a police state

[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 27 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

I'm glad I vote on paper here, but it's still read by a black box scanning machine so I have no idea what happens in there. But, I'd have no idea what happens anywhere after I turn in my ballot.

We'll need to depend on the state election officials to hold the line, and call for a new election if the they find the machines are compromised.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 36 points 1 hour ago

UN observers are denied observation access.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

If we didn’t insist on knowing the results as quickly as possible we could just use paper ballots and take a couple weeks to count them.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

It's quite possible to use paper ballots and still get the results quickly. Many countries do this.

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 minutes ago

The "secret" to both quick and accurate counting is to use machine counting - not counting by humans.

Want to prove it to yourself? Here's a simple test to perform:

  1. Purchase a 500 sheet ream of blank printer paper.
  2. Count the sheets in it.

Bet you won't come up with 500. Count them again; again, I bet you won't come up with 500 and I bet you won't come up with the same number as the first time you counted them.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 hour ago

They didn’t do that in 2024 while being told by the criminals they stole it so what makes you think this will go any differently?

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 49 points 2 hours ago

This is also being reported in Texas, Missouri

[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 41 points 2 hours ago

I didn't know GOP officials bought Dominion voting machines in 2025

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 hours ago

Better to link to Mediaite directly than the Yahoo news portal.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

I remember seeing videos of this in the presidential election as well

[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 hour ago

I remember back in 2000 seeing a flash animation of "florida voting machine" on Jay Leno probably, where the user would try to click on Gore, and Bush's name would jump under the mouse, with Gore jumping away. The clip was chasing Gore's name all around the screen.

Holy shit I found it. Turns out it was 2004 with Bush/Kerry. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yq79wG3DqvI

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

This happens with touchscreens every election.

[–] TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Hopefully, people will start recording this and posting it.

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a bug, it's a feature?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 hour ago
[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

FFS Americans.

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Simpsons did it!