politics

Father Time and the Orange Rage Demon sounds like a great B-movie, though 😄

You dropped your p

Believe this hype; You can make a difference.

I lived in Florida in 2000. If I had recruited a couple friends, and I knew people who would have been down, and we drove vans back and forth to the polls all day...

On a side note: Just the fucking fact that people would need a ride to vote also shows that

a) Voting is too damn hard in the US. I know that the Republican party has been working (and keeps working) hard on making voting nearly impossible, because less votes is better for them, but seriously: make voting easier.

b) The US is extremely over dependent on cars. In the Netherlands almost nobody would drive their car to go vote, you use a bike. Why? Because the cities in the country are designed for people first, not for cars first. Start modifying your cities to not require cars. Add bicycle roads, actually invest in public transportation, add pedestrian walk ways. The US sucks for human beings, it's awesome for cars.

This is what I did for the 2018 midterms. Some of my friends didn't really get why I was so adamant, but I dropped their assess at the church and let them vote. It do work.

That's the only way that democracy is not in imminent danger.

If fascism is only beaten by the same tight margin that more sane and humane (but still neurotic and cruel) conservatism was for the second presidential election in a row, that means that the second largest party in the richest and most powerful country in the world being a fascist party has become the norm rather than just an unusually persistent aberration.

It appears she's looking at people who could swing a purple state, so that probably won't excite anyone hoping for a progressive ticket.

Tim waltz seems like a good pick. Seems to have a bit of the Bernie, no-bullshit, authenticity that plays well with independents.

Remember, if they're voting in their first election this year, there's a decent chance they were under ten before Trump emerged on the scene as a politician. They don't remember what it used to be like. They think this is normal.

Young people are not renowned for their wisdom.

It has nothing to do with his age. His brain is on vacation. Bernie Sanders is older than Biden, but if he were the nominee we'd see the same enthusiasm as we're seeing for Harris.

I honestly thought it was a bad idea to pivot to Harris but I was happily proven wrong. There's so much excitement and energy surrounding her. Like a breath of fresh air. Glad to see it.

It’s in quotes, so I think they made it clear they were quoting something the young people might say.

I don’t know if they’re right that the 18-35s use that word very often, but I think that’s what they’re going for.

You're not alone, there are hundreds of Lemmy users who hold equally vocal opinions over details irrelevant to the point.

They just showed the party what to do in order to get them excited to vote.

The party listened to their concerns, and they fell in line instantly. All the party has to do to get voter enthusiasm is to listen to the voters.

You don't get enthusiasm by ignoring people's concerns. That's how you get apathy and resentment.