• TwoGems@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    And this idiocy is why we got Trump. We now have a stacked Supreme Court, Roe V Wade gone and more. Apathy will do no good. It’s better to do something than nothing. If Americans hadn’t voted in the last midterms, we’d be toast. And overall it’s not like it’s too much effort if planning ahead.

    People plan ahead for vacations or Taylor Swift concerts. Why can’t they for preventing the collapse of their nation?

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      1 year ago

      We got Trump because he wasn’t a beltway insider. Trump was able to sway independent voters simply because he wasn’t a career politician. Liberals, Greens, and progressives got tired of voting for moderate democrats who are ultimately conservative so they didn’t show up to vote.

      We all know democrats take their voters for granted. It’s almost like ppl will stop voting for you if they feel ignored. Which is exactly what happened. Maybe a few years of Trump might be the kick in the pants our representatives needed