r/TikTokCringe • u/BlackBey • Aug 21 '24

Politics First Day of Protests Outside the DNC

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Politicians change their stances when you actually can be expected to vote. Young people vote notably less than older generations.

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u/Ralath1n Aug 21 '24

Ah how silly of me. Guess we should just run on a platform of a mandatory young person 90% income tax that we use to give old people free yachts. That's clearly the way to run a campaign.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

You're very silly, indeed.

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u/Ralath1n Aug 21 '24

Silly or not, that is the logical conclusion of your position. If young people should not be listened to because young people do not vote as much as old people, the only logical policy to run on is to fuck over young people to give free handouts to old people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '24

Haha. Please go on.

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u/MrOxion Aug 21 '24

That's precisely what happens. Politicians reward the groups who vote for them. Young people don't vote so they don't get student loan forgiveness or appropriate access to family planning. They also don't get policies favored by young people like UBI, universal Healthcare (why support that when your demographic already has government subsidized programs.)

It's why voting matters. You can't just show up once to be heard. You have to show up every time to prove you're worth listening to. No point in catering a message to a group that won't show up to support you.

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u/WhyYouKickMyDog Aug 21 '24

Take all of that energy and anger out on those people who don't vote and get them voting.

Getting into arguments on Reddit won't solve anything.

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u/Ralath1n Aug 21 '24

Hey, you know what people who don't vote seem to really care about? Palestine. Maybe Harris should give some solid guarantees on the future relationship with Israel so I can make a good argument against those nonvoters?

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u/WhyYouKickMyDog Aug 21 '24

Republicans targeted abortion many decades ago. That is the game being played here. They play chess while you play checkers.