___joker__ on Sidechat | In politics, the only people who matter are the ones who vote. It’s the easiest form of poltical participation. Unless you’re a felon, there is zero reason for you not to vote

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US Politics 1w

___joker__

In politics, the only people who matter are the ones who vote. It’s the easiest form of poltical participation. Unless you’re a felon, there is zero reason for you not to vote

US Politics 1w

Wait until this guy learns about voter turnout rates and that the voter base (as a whole) only accounts for a little over 2/5 of the entire population

Anonymous 1w

Here before the people who will say “you can’t just vote yourself out of this” as though that’s what you’re arguing

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Anonymous 1w

In all fairness, I disagree based on how prevalent disenfranchisement is. both direct and subtle disenfranchisement. you referenced direct within your post (disenfranchising felons), but I consider the various hurdles imposed on marginalized communities as an additional form of subtle disenfranchisement (specifically the unhoused community, but not limited to) we should strive to maximize voter turnout (without the use of coercion), but our political parties often are not interested in that.

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Anonymous

#1 1w

I should be at brunch 💅 but instead I’m trying to get people to vote

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

#3 1w

aside from that, I actually do agree with your post in the sense of “this is the current reality of American politics”. My disagreement comes from a place of hopeful growth if that makes sense

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Anonymous

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People can blame Dems or Republicans all they want, but there is nothing really fundamentally stopping people from voting for the ACP or the Green Party. I think for any non-violent non-capital offenses should allow for pathways back to voting rights. A guy who goes to prison for 20 years for killing someone while drunk driving who has been sober for 10 years out of prison probably should have the right to vote imo.

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___joker__ 1w

I’m not talking about people voting for a specific party? I’m talking about overall voter turnout. the majority of eligible voters just plainly don’t vote for whatever reason, we need to analyze that and resolve it. I agree regarding felon disenfranchisement though! I believe it’s primarily due to our current state of the prison system being a for-profit wage slave industry though.