• Curious Canid@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I really don’t understand how the extreme emotions involved with politics in our society can result in apparent apathy. Their are conservatives who are willing to kill people over their political differences, but they still don’t vote. Progressives get angry about hate-filled legislation and our steady loss of civil rights but won’t spend a few hours to vote the people doing it out of office.

    Most races are now decided by tiny percentages. Either party has the potential to suddenly take over the government by an overwhelming majority. Convincing less than a tenth of the people who don’t vote to show up would do it!

    Is saving the country from chaos really not worth a few hours?

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Remember that Republicans have also deliberately done their best to make it much more difficult to vote for a lot of people, as well as opposed any measures which would make it easier to vote.

      Standing in line for 11 hours on a workday without access to water would deter most, and that works as designed.