Both statements appear correct, but the three of us have been around long enough to know that in this case it wasn't necessary to fool a lot of people.
It was only necessary to criminally corrupt the election at state level and then assure seduced, compromised or coerced elected politicians would certify the election at the federal level and then, finally, to even corrupt the process of that certification. The determined anti-MAGA's left nothing to chance.
It was more than a soft coup and remains in progress. Until it is arrested or reversed it may well prove to have been a structural collapse. It will ultimately depend on the voters and their politicians.
It will ultimately depend on the voters and their politicians.
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You’re points are well taken. I would point out, however, that massive voting fraud was perpetrated with relative ease. The fact that it undermined the very basis of our democratic process didn’t seem to alarm most of the people.
So there is still a lot of truth in my statement. One need only look at the American advertising machine. It exploits the pervasive gullibility of the public every single hour of every day. If their idiotic advertisements didn’t work they wouldn’t be paid so much to produce them.
A sucker is born every moment.