He didn't even get a majority. He got a plurality. 49.9%
queermunist
This is exactly like when gun lovers try to say "this isn't the time to discuss gun laws" and "they would have found a way to hurt people regardless". Zero difference.
But actually this is exactly when we should argue about the existence of cars: someone just performed a live demonstration of how dangerous they are in the hands of someone who wants to kill people. Without a car, mass killing would be much much harder and it would also be possible for people to defend themselves or escape the danger. Cars also enable impulse killings in a way knives don't, because carrying a knife has to be premeditated whereas with a car the murder weapon is always readily available.
I guess? But it's also morally just to reuse disposables, repair instead of replace, conserve and reduce waste, and delay new purchases as long as possible. I'm doing environmental conservationism just by being poor!
Chelsea* Manning
But, yeah, most people just do not care if they are spied on because they don't think it will be used for anything besides advertising. Trump is going to wake a lot of people up to the immense power we've handed over to our tech overlords.
You could dab it with a little paint or glue or something.
By this standard, the US is still a democracy. Leaders are still voted into power and that isn't going to change.
Will they let everyone vote? Obviously not, but you seem to think it's democracy when only white men can vote so...
Over a million people around the world die because of cars every year. The most recent number I found for Canada was 1,998 people.
Let's compare that to knives. The most recent number I found for Canada was 138 people stabbed to death. Globally, 97k. Orders of magnitude in difference.
Most vehicle deaths are accidents, but you can't ignore the fact that cars kill far more people than knives.
I don't like cars, and one of the reasons is because they're extremely deadly and driving is basically the most dangerous thing we do on a regular basis.
But not anything could be used as a mass murder weapon. Killing nine people with a kitchen knife would also be quite hard (technically possible if the attacker gets lucky, but still more likely to result in the attacker dying)
The fact that cars are all potential mass murder weapons isn't my primary reason for wanting to ban cars, but it's totally a reason.
The tool is very relevant when it enables greater amounts of violence.
Killing nine people with your fists is extremely hard and you'd probably die trying. A car, gun, or bomb makes it much easier.
It helps when you reframe math as a puzzle, because then it becomes a game. It's not interesting unless you make it interesting.
"New Math" kind of tries to do this, although then you run into the problem of parents being unable to help their kids with homework.
The world suffers no matter who the president is.
But hopefully this will be the last one.
The rich will throw away their perfectly fine boots after a few years because they aren't in style anymore.