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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Who? The non-voters? They're not exactly innocent victims in this.

Yes, both parties let them down, but those were the option and one was clearly going to do more harm.

Edit: I recognise there were legitimate barriers for some but I have trouble believing that was the majority of non-voters

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Felons who are denied the right to vote, and felons who are only felons because they were bullied into false guilty pleas. People whose lives have been impacted by the violent and bipartisan supported war on drugs, including family members who have been killed by ridiculously violent police actions. When things are bad enough for someone, the lesser of two evils is still evil enough that there is no incentive to participate.

I'm not talking about the majority of the people who didn't vote. There are a lot of apathetic and willfully ignorant non-voters we can blame. We can also blame those that chose not to vote on a single issue when Trump was the obviously worse outcome for that single issue.

Ultimately the people that are the most to blame are the people who voted for Republicans.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I agree with all that.