• bassomitron@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    And yet Gen Z turned out for… Trump? He’ll surely help the economy and enable a new era of magically plentiful high paying, stable jobs.

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      Less than half of us voted. As a member of Gen Z who DID vote for Khamala its because the only good thing she does is not be Trump.

      A good portion of our generations more liberal/left-leaning side just got done having the shit beaten out of them by cops before getting kicked out of school for protesting against the genocide in Gaza.

      What makes you think any of these people want to turn around and vote for a law-and-order ex-DA who’s ignoring some of the worst atrocities of our times?

      Everyone in this generation who isn’t jaded and disillusioned is a fascist or fascist sympathiser (same difference :p). No one has the energy to care let alone vote.

      They probably won’t until establishment democrats keel over, and unfortunately it looks like medical science kept them alive and puttering until it was too late.

      source

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        I think she got so many votes because she wasn’t Trump. And thats it. She was so frustrating as a candidate who was “super Law and Order DA from liberal land, California. She’s the best of both worlds!”

        Christ she was so bad at being charismatic. I liked her when she made fun of Trump so hard he refused to ever debate her again. But then she tried to play both sides and toured with Liz Cheney. It’s like, the entire message of her failed campaign will look at all the answers but the right one: she wasn’t an active evil fascist. She just supported fascism her whole life and learned to make concessions to sound more progressive. Gen Z will learn to hate the DNC.

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        Less than half of us voted. As a member of Gen Z who DID vote for Khamala its because the only good thing she does is not be Trump.

        WHICH IS WHY YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE.

        God I hate that Americans have decided that you vote for the person you like rather than vote to stop the worst person.

        You’re never going to get a pony, so do what you can or they’ll make you be a pony. And not in a happy way. In a “work in the mines all your life” way.

        Oh well, too late now.

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          WHICH IS WHY YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE.

          They said to the person who voted blue. Im not telling you don’t vote, I’m telling you why most people my age who didn’t want Trump didn’t vote. I don’t know what more you want from me.

          You’re never going to get a pony, so do what you can or they’ll make you be a pony. And not in a happy way. In a “work in the mines all your life” way.

          Ending the horrors of late stage capitalism isn’t asking for a pony its the bare minimum to ensure the continued survival of our species.

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            who didn’t want Trump didn’t vote

            So you don’t want Trump, so your decision is to not vote?

            Is your generation brain dead or something?

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            I’m telling you why most people my age who didn’t want Trump didn’t vote.

            And I explained why they were wrong. I’m not sure why you think this is all about you.

            Ending the horrors of late stage capitalism isn’t asking for a pony

            I have not heard a single person anywhere claim that’s why they didn’t vote. Not one. The biggest claim I heard is that neither candidate appealed or excited them. I heard that many times. Nothing about capitalism, just about the laziness of thinking you have to like a candidate to do the bare minimum of voting.

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        Less than half of us voted.

        Ah yes. The “I didn’t vote” excuse so I can absolve myself from why this country is turning to shit.

        If you didn’t vote YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

        If you didn’t vote you effectively voted for Trump. If you didn’t vote you already accept Trump as the result. If you didn’t vote you’re a fucking moron who deserves all the pain this admin brings.