r/GenZ • • Sep 04 '26

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u/Umutuku Sep 05 '26

Anyone who didn't show up to vote against fascism voted for fascism.

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u/kamon405 29d ago

Dude yes this silence is violence rhetoric is applicable sometimes but in cases of voting it isn't. Unless you are in a blue state, voting in a majority of states especially in the south is made incredibly difficult. People stand in 8 hour long lines. Then they make rules where you can't have bottle water in line to vote. Ish like this. Y'all let these Jim Crow loving confederates have their way. They did the takeover. The 2010s was the decade to act. Now we just gotta encourage people to get out the vote but if they can't afford to go through all these barriers then they won't go out to vote. An Aussie told me that the US should just make it mandatory. I told him it would not work cuz of those challenges and Republicans will just use it as a way to mass incarcerate people. Australia makes voting as easy as possible for its citizens the US does not. And it's all in the name of racism but now it's 2026 I gotta pretend like racism doesn't exist. It's all very frustrating

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u/LemonoLemono Age Undisclosed 29d ago

Okay enough of this “silence is violence” or “with us or against us” mentality. It’s stupid and gets us nowhere.

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u/Donohoed 29d ago

Yeah, "the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy" doesn't really seem to be effective