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[–]StillLessons 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seems roughly correct to me. Especially given the way the vote played out. Rather than try to hide the vote manipulation (which I believe - perhaps erroneously - they would have been much more capable of had they tried), they highlighted it. "See! Here's votes being dumped into Michigan and Wisconsin! Look over here!" They want people to know they've done this. They don't want to win a low-friction election; it needs to be an election where there's some risk. The "risk of losing some critical element of our system!" is what attaches people to their tribe. I think you're right: the empire's fundamental game still isn't changing...