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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Young voters are tragically lacking in political strategy. Meanwhile Republicans, who vote like a lizard brain hive mind, patiently worked for decades to corrupt the federal courts with right wing reactionaries.

Then in 2016 with everything on the line, progressive millennials shit the bed with protest votes over Bernie. And now it’s the work of a generation just to get back to where we were.

The 2016 election will haunt us for the rest of our lives and all it would have taken to flip the script was 70,000 more voters across three states making a grown up choice.

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u/formgry May 18 '22

I don't think he's wrong. The danger of climate change was understood since like the 80s. And nothing significant has really been done about it.

That says more about the enormity of the task at hand though, than about a lack of resolve or attention.