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Gen Z commit to ‘canceling out’ their MAGA parents votes in new TikTok trend
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We as a country need to mentally prepare ourselves to owe an absolutely massssssssssive debt of gratitude to The Women.
Saving our dumb collective ass again. As usual in elections at least within my fucking lifetime, women and ethnic minorities prove that they understand the values of America better than the ultra-fragile white conservative men who think they own this place by virtual of sex and race.
It's easier to get behind and push for those American values when you realize you aren't really equal -- not because of anything you did, but because you simply exist. It's hard to not feel bitter about it, especially when part of the population wants you dead and is actively trying to persuade everyone else to get on board.
But we see our allies, we know who is standing up for us. We stand with you, for everyone's sake. Together we can overcome this.
Up here in Canada as well. Almost exactly half of men, across all age groups, say they play to vote for the Cons. Last I saw it was 20% of women voting Con. I am incredibly embarrassed at my fellow men.
Polievre wants to defund the CBC, build more oil pipelines and continue the expansion of city suburbs. No way I'd vote for that guy. The only good thing I've seen him say is that there should be more competition in the telecommunications market, but it does not take much effort to point out a problem.
There are so many issues with a Con government--like not even admitting climate change exists, that's not great--and you mentioned many others.
I'm honestly tired of women bailing us out in these elections though, so I cannot imagine what it's like for them to have to keep doing it.
That said, when men were losing their jobs they got told "learn to code" by callous and shitty journalists and women's rights activists. It's not hard to see why men are abandoning liberal governments that blame them for everything even while they are experiencing statistically worse outcomes with each successive generation.
The solution is so simple that you have to be abandoning it on purpose: promise men educations and to help them get employed, and you'll get all the support you need.
Where on earth has this happened?
So tell the men in charge to do that. We don't live in a matriarchy, women fight the exact same fights you mentioned. You think women don't get laid off just like men do? I've been in games for almost 20 years and I can tell you it's not any better for the women in it.
I will say, we'd never be in this mess if we didn't have the Twitter crowd claiming Masculinity and Whiteness are sins in and of themselves.
Tell a white man he's evil cause he's a white man, and he'll gladly side with someone who admits to being racist.
He practically wants to ban porn too. He's not a very nice fellow.
Forget the porn, it's the absolute insanity of forcing (and allowing) all these different web services to get and maintain our identities. Huge privacy breach from people preaching that government overreach is bad... This hypocrisy gets old fast.
The Conservatives didn't do anything last time about this despite it being a big discussion point, and they had years of majority to do it. I don't see them changing tack since they don't seem too bothered by any of Canada's other oligarchs.
All that said, the Liberals barely took a step forward on this either, right before taking a huge step back allowing Rogers and Shaw to merge. These damned neoliberals just refuse to help anyone.
I have been a Liberal since I was 12 years old. I have never voted conservative in 30 years of federal elections. But with Trudeau refusing to step down I have no choice but to vote conservative. The backbenchers know they're not going to get re-elected with him in charge and that's why most of them have been relegated to the back benches. He's surrounded himself with sycophant MPs, and is delusional enough to think the majority of the country is happy with him.
I'm willing to let Skippy axe the carbon tax and hopefully make living in this country affordable again. Ontario generally elects a provincial party that is in opposition, provincial liberals will get in and reintroduce cap & trade which will save us when the next liberal government is elected and tries to save the world again.
NDP, Green?
When we're voting on abortion again, I hope the women in your life have a chat with you about how your vote effected them.
.... wot
Hell, we already wouldn't be here without them.
We can only hope…
Wasn't there a large percentage of white women who said they'd vote Trump even if he wanted to ban women from voting?
"Large percentage". Please state and citate.
(Tbh, 1% would be a large percentage of a group voting away their own rights)