• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      The 2022 mid-term was the largest turnout for a non presidential election in a long long time. The young people are starting to pay attention.

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      8 months ago

      Young means voting age or near voting age. Plenty of them care a lot. Their future is being decided. Will they have access to reproductive healthcare, will the planet be wrecked, will there be another election cycle.

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      8 months ago

      Then they’re idiots. This is about their future so much more than ever before. This is their chance to make a difference: their votes, their preferences are more important than ever before

      My 17 year old saw it before I did, but it was for a Law and Government class

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      They’ll start to care, even a little, once they grow up more and realize that:

      “OMG I’M STILL RENTING APARTMENTS OR LIVING WITH MY FAMILY AND I’M 30 YEARS OLD, WHAT DO?!”

      “OMG I’M STILL MAKING SHIT WAGES AND I’M BARELY MAKING BY, WHAT DO?!”

      “OMG I CAN’T DO ANYTHING I WAS LIED TO THAT WHEN I GROW UP I’D DO, WHAT DO?!”

      And they’ll all take to social media to pump themselves with copium through memes and bitch to the high heavens pretending anyone gives a shit about what they’re saying. Not like that isn’t happening now.