The White House and Democratic members of Congress called Georgia Republican’s comparison a ‘compliment’
Imagine thinking those were bad things! That’s close to 50% of the US voting population (and I’d like to pretend it was only them, but the rest of the world isnt necessarily better).
How the fuck did we get here? Actually scratch that, i know that humans are greedy, tribal animals who are driven by biological urges only sometimes obscured by higher level thought. The bigger question is how the fuck did we manage to make it as far as we have?
Marj’s ex husband has been asking himself that same question for a long time.
Have the American people stop being lazy bastards, generally. Especially young people.
2020 was the highest turnout in a century. And it was still only 2/3 of eligible voters. 79,000,000 eligible voters just went “eh”.
The primaries were even worse than that. The 2022 midterms were the second highest turnout for midterms this millennium. With 52%…. Despite 69% of eligible voters being registered. A ton of people just stayed home instead of making our highest civil duty a priority.
I agree, but part of the problem is that people are tired of choosing between 2-3 old people candidates that dont have their best interests in mind. In the case of Biden and Trump, Biden is most definitely less of an asshole and way more qualified than the Trump, but he’s still going to do what’s best for corporations, not what’s best for the majority of the US population.
I vote myself, but at the same time I understand the apathy especially from the younger generations. They are presented with 2 people who are completely out of touch with them, and the issues they will face in their lifetimes. I don’t think that they are lazy, they just feel helpless and like their choice doesn’t matter or make a difference.
I don’t know how we fix this issue, as it is a problem with the voting system itself. The best we can do is just vote and pick the lesser of two evils. So I also encourage others to do the same, but I don’t look down on anyone for not voting.
Definitely times I wish we were more like Australia where I’m pretty certain voting is legally required.
I cannot imagine how anyone could think being compared to FDR would be a black spot for a progressive. I wish he’d be at least one Judicial Procedures Reform Bill closer to FDR.
What makes you think progressives were the target audience for her speech? The kind of person who likes fdr was almost certainly going to be voting blue regardless, and nothing she said would realistically change it, so why bother trying?
