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(44,972 posts)Electoral college means we can win country wide but still lose the election.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)The popular vote should elect our president.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)But it seems an impossible task to get rid of it.
At least I don't feel like a dummy for asking.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)We're more like countries in the Middle East, at least in rural areas.
ItsjustMe
(11,230 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)nt
BComplex
(8,029 posts)Easy peasy.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)These platforms operate under the radar; they are conduits of crazy, and only the targeted people even know what kind of crazy is being pushed. Much more difficult to eradicate than RW radio would be.
Zoonart
(11,844 posts)Where any troll can build an empire of lies of any type. Where malformed men with gun fetishes can plot sedition.
Where any freak of any stripe can find "Community" whereas in the past, he would have been shunned form society.
Social Media is a public menace.
Flame away
GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)It's easy to blame talk radio, but social media reaches far more people. There have been countless posts here with examples of people spewing nonsense, because they saw it on Facebook or Twitter. It's not just those sites, either. Reddit is horrible, and I have seen a whole lot of really ignorant shit on Tumblr, of all places.