A lot of Americans like voting for old fuddy duddies. You can't control how other people vote, you can only control how you will vote. Old people vote and young people tend not to. You aren't going change anything in a democratic process by not voting.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

86% of Americans think Biden is too old to be President. 62% of Americans think Trump is too old to be President. 59% of Americans think both are too old to be President. Most Americans, by a wide margin, do not like voting for, "old fuddy daddies."

Very few people are saying, "don't vote," but most people are saying, "don't allow these men to run the country." This meme is either targeting a very niche person or creating a strawman for the majority of people by equating, "these men are too old," with, "these men are the same, don't vote."

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Old people vote and young people tend not to. You aren't going change anything in a democratic process by not voting.

The presidential election isn't democratic. In fact, it's antidemocratic by design.

With that said, you won't change anything voting between two conservatives either.

[–] Catastrophic235@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What's the deal with this certainty that this is the result of people's will? I'm more inclined to beleive it is a systemic result of 'winner takes all' logic and the penetration of political and media institutions by bad actors.