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Political unity is something of a pipe dream when you look at some of the represented political groups in the US. I won't call out specific groups, but people can likely imagine at least one group they really don't want to have any power. Maybe because of media fearmongering, maybe real, but there's probably some group you perceive terribly. I don't think an electorate is supposed to represent all groups, no matter how extreme. There's no room for justice or equality or whatever if we give power to people actively targeting democracy or other people. It's dishonest to act as if there's some reasonable compromise in this scenario.
I can't wait until people stop saying the guy who won a majority of the popular vote is a threat to democracy.
In your opinion: Are those two things mutually exclusive?
He sold pardons

It doesn't matter how many people vote for you, your policies can still be anti-democratic.

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