

Honestly this is a great and perfectly realistic outcome. Of course, assuming ICE doesn’t just seize all the voting machines for the next election and Trump wins by 104% (which I think is a lot to ask at this point).
If, somehow, we have free and fair elections coming up, then a splintered right from the bullshit Musk and Joe Rogan put together or whatever, and a splintered left because their constituents want them to stop making it legal to hunt Palestinians for sport, makes it perfectly sensible that the dinosaurs who run our government could declare that some form of post-19th-century voting system that would enable a little bit fairer outcome than FPTP is what’s needed. And, when the dinosaurs want something to happen, it usually actually happens, without all this molasses speed when it is merely because of people dying or whatever the problem the regular people are having is.
Sure let’s go ahead and restart the pointless argument, that sounds fun.
The mentality “Why did this person punch me, all I did was steal their wallet, how dare they” is indeed extremely unhinged. There’s a lot about American society that considers property “rights” of the wealthy to be sacred and personal safety of the normal people to be optional, and sure, that’s fucked up on a systemic level. But none of that applies to street pickpockets. Fuck 'em.
(I sort of suspect that there’s a lot of overlap between then “there is NEVER a reason to assault a person over your property” contingent and the “there is NEVER a reason to call the cops” contingent, too. At least when they are talking in internet fantasy land, I sort of suspect that if someone came in their house and started rifling through their belongings they wouldn’t have this turn the other cheek stance about it.)
Also:
Lol fuck yes