>which is how (say) a coarse 51% victory for a coalition gets frequently and deliberately misrepresented as "the American people" wanting that coalition's unpopular policies.
I think the larger point is "we have 2 bad choices, but we chose the worse one". Because "both sides are the same".
> it's about minority ideological factions jockeying for power to subject the American people to their vision.
Yeah, the current vision unfortunately sucks much worse than status quo neoliberalism, though. But we overall chose that. People ignoring the issues with Trump only reinforces how bad things have gotten.
I think the larger point is "we have 2 bad choices, but we chose the worse one". Because "both sides are the same".
> it's about minority ideological factions jockeying for power to subject the American people to their vision.
Yeah, the current vision unfortunately sucks much worse than status quo neoliberalism, though. But we overall chose that. People ignoring the issues with Trump only reinforces how bad things have gotten.