• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    For a moment there, I thought the younger people of America had in them the capacity to do the obvious righteous thing, and to banish the demons once and for all.
    The younger people of America have shown what they are made of, and never again will I overestimate them.

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        4 hours ago

        As a high propensity voter, and former young person, I too remember being offended by this insinuation. However, the data on the 18-29 voting block shows generally lower turnout and has remained largely unchanged within my lifetime.

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      I think you’re overestimating the influence of the auth-left on Lemmy - this is an extremely small place in the grand scheme of things, and while I think they had a truly shit take, it would be too generous to say that they even moved the needle.

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      6 hours ago

      How many people actually voted third party? Looking at just the green party total votes, that can’t have been enough to tip the election. Too many people stayed home, not enough were convinced by Harris’ campaign.

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    10 hours ago

    Goddamnit. Dear world, some of us tried but there’s too much bullshit. This is extremely depressing and I fear for all my friends who aren’t straight white “regular” people.

    What the fuck is wrong with people

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    Tbh it doesn’t matter, anyone who believes in progressive ideals should continue to live that way and vote accordingly in the future. It’s obvious from looking at Bidens and Harris votes that turnout was a huge issue this time around. I almost want to say maybe people were scared into staying home, which would make sense given some of the pre-election rhetoric