Subj : Re: Thoughts...
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Gregory Deyss
Date : Sun Jun 08 2025 01:15 am

On 08 Jun 2025, Ward Dossche said the following...
 
 WD> Gregory,
 WD>  
 WD> GD> You claim there's "no such thing as 'The American People'," as though a
 WD> GD> nation of 330 million strong, with a Constitution, a republic, and a
 WD> GD> vote, somehow doesn't count as a unified voice.
 WD>  
 WD> 330 million, If you say so.
 WD>  
 WD> During the last Presidential elections Trump got 77,303,568 votes.
 WD> That's less than 25% of 330 million and not even 50% of the popular vote.
 WD>  
 WD> To me it seems that "The American People" are hardly unified but rather
 WD> dramatically divided.
 WD>  
 WD>  \%/@rd 

Ward,

You're right on one count America is divided. But that's nothing new. It's the tension between liberty and control, freedom and regulation, tradition and transformation. Some call it division; I call it democracy in motion.

As for Trump's 77 million? That's the second-highest presidential vote count in history second only to Biden in the same race. Not bad for someone who's supposedly so divisive.

You're counting heads; I'm watching hearts and hands move millions of Americans who show up, speak out, and refuse to be silenced.

The American People aren't a monolith. We're not supposed to be. We're supposed to argue, disagree, and push hard that's the beauty of it. I'll take that any
day over the illusion of unity under the thumb of quiet compliance.

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