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[–] Spacebar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (43 children)

Vote! Encourage those around you to vote. Help drive someone to the polls. If you know a young person who's never voted, get them to vote.

Don't care who they vote for, just get them to the ballot box.

The more people vote, the better things turn out for the majority.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (30 children)

I know this will likely upset many Dems but:

Dems have the Senate and the Presidency and are completely within their power to pack the Supreme Court and basically alter all of the terrible rulings the Supreme Court has made lately. The problem is that many Dems do not think it is worth packing the court for women, students, or the environment. You can't just vote your way out of this as you would literally have to pack up and move to West Virginia to vote for a Senator who would be ultimately determining this.

The system is ultimately flawed and just voting isn't enough.

[–] Chrisosaur@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A) They need 50 senators willing to entertain that notion. They only have 49. B) If there were one action that I think would be most likely to kick off Civil War 2, it would be packing the court.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

That's a very selective way of saying the Dems aren't responsible because Dems wont support students, the environment, or women's rights.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Civil War 2 is already happening, you must not be paying attention.

It's time to rip off the fucking band-aid and do something about it instead of letting the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters, and others run around terrorizing the country through wanton violence and death.

All those "lone wolves" mysteriously all seem to be right-wing nutjobs, too...

Just because it's not a "hot" civil war yet doesn't mean it's not happening. One side isn't fighting back, that's for sure.

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