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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I can sort of understand their reasoning -- I'm with you in that I don't agree with it and think it's self defeating, but I can see how they could arrive at that conclusion.

What really killed me is how many of my friends and colleagues that hard-core loved Bernie Sanders didn't vote because they either "forgot" to, didn't register to vote after being slammed with reminders to, didn't bother to look up when/where to vote, or just couldn't be fucked to make the effort. Even after countless hours talking about how great he is, posting on social media, and even donating to his campaign.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

That is devastating. It'll be a real tragedy if democracy dies to apathy, after so many people literally died to give it to us.