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   eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 23:56:24 JST eribosot

   Is anyone keeping a running tally of reasons why Trump won the election? If not, I think I'm going to be collecting them. There are so many to choose from, and every journalist writing about one pretends that their reason is the only reason.

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 19:01:38 JST eribosot

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     • foncu :gaysper: 🌹

     @foncu I've already started a Google Doc that's got 18 different links on it --the slightly smarter pundits give multiple reasons. It's Monday night quarterbacking all over the place.

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     foncu :gaysper: 🌹 (foncu@paquita.masto.host)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 19:01:39 JST foncu :gaysper: 🌹

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     @eribosot that would be interesting because everyone seems to have a very clear reason why he won, but actually, they are very contradicting. So if we cannot know what the real reason was, we can at least estimate what the most popular post hoc explanation is.

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 18:14:01 JST eribosot

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     • Janis

     @janisf Well, it's been less than a week, and already some randos on social media have been suggesting that "Elon Musk wrote the software for the voting machines used in the swing states"... with some dude claiming to be the hacker who actually did this. I'm sure the MAGAts have some leftover copium that they'd be happy to share.

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     Janis (janisf@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 18:14:02 JST Janis

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     @eribosot The only common theme I can find is hatred of Democrats, while not understanding the actual political landscape.

     This moment feels like five minutes after a car accident, when your head reattaches to your body. I think, perhaps what we need to do is figure out, proverbially, which tow company to call and get off the street so we don't get hit.