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[–] slag@programming.dev 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Troll comment, but I'll bite. It's a fun opportunity for inappropriate analogies!

Winning with just shy of 50% on the total vote does not grant you a mandate from heaven to assfuck the other 51% of constituents. Consent of the governed and all that.

The losers accept a certain degree of non-consensual edging for the sake of getting along. Not how they'd like things, but as long as the pants stay on they can put up with it until the next election. If you start acting like you won the entire continent and the asses of the peasantry belong to you, you're probably gonna learn why the previous administrations didn't push the system that far.