"Donald Trump I voted for you BUT.."

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Peh said:

Mnementh said:

 (2) Well, there are many reasons: They didn't think it through. They thought their choice wouldn't win anyways and they could show their anger against the establishment. They voted for joking reasons. They voted for the assumed underdog. They voted because their focus was on some policies the candidate was standing for, but after the election the candidate focuses on other areas first (for instance in the Trump-case, many may have voted him for bringing jobs to america, but aren't against immigration - now immigration is the area tackled first). They voted for a candidate, because they took him seriously, not literally.

Whatever the reasons, my point stands: you will always have these people. It is completely unimportant that some people changed their opinion. But it doesn't matter, because they are a minority.

And you are OK with them? The Brexit vote is just the best example here. Because the minority you speak of is the one who actually could change the outcome if they didn't joke around and took it seriously. And something like that just angers me how stupid certain people are. They are voting for their own future. If it being better or worse will be shown. But that's besides the point. I just don't want people voting, without having any kind of clue what they are actually doing with their vote. It's like playing russian roullette (Hyperbole).

The thing is, many socialists also supported Brexit, because the European Union is generally seen as a neo-liberal capitalist movement. However, there were also many others who opposed it because they saw that the Brexit campaign was mainly led by right-wingers and didn't want them to gain legitimacy. The thing is, it is hard to know what the right decision was until after the effects can be seen.