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Or getting young people to actually vote, which is a much, much lower bar to clear with a dramatically clearer path to results.
by llamaimperative 2y ago
Or getting young people to actually vote, which is a much, much lower bar to clear with a dramatically clearer path to results.
- Trasmatta 2y ago> much, much lower bar to clear Apparently not, because people have been trying to get young people to vote for decades, and nobody has managed it. But also, gen z has been trending right. So I don't know if this would actually work.
- lumost 2y agoGen Z is in rough shape financially, much worse than millennials were. It’s a recipe for radicalization one way or the other.
- llamaimperative 2y agoI must’ve missed all the successful general strikes? Trump got young men to vote in droves.
- Trasmatta 2y agoTake a look at history, general strikes are very effective. But my point was that we're very far from actually having one because there isn't enough public support. People just don't care. If they did, they would have voted against Trump.
- llamaimperative 2y ago> People just don't care. If they did, they would have voted against Trump. I don't think this follows at all. There are tons of variables at play in an election that make this connection way, way too noisy.
- actualwitch 2y agoI don't think many people in US understand that the "voting" that will happen next is the same "voting" that happens in every dictatorship ever. "Get out and vote! Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore! Four more years, you know what? It'll be fixed"
- llamaimperative 2y agoWe don’t know exactly what will happen but we have good reason to believe it won’t be dramatically different from last time (systems don’t change easily) and we know defeatism won’t help. Left-leaning people need to do the hard work of convincing people to their side, and that work needs to start now.