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60 years isn’t even close to life expectancy. so we are talking less than a lifetime ago. MLK’s daughter is alive, 62 years old (younger than most people in government) and posting on instagram about the same struggles her father fought.

plus did you even read the part about ongoing class disenfranchisement in 2025 (poor people being kept from voting)?

not even reading the rest of your comment since you couldn’t do the same for me. thanks for being such a genuine participant in this conversation.

i would love so hard some legislation that requires voting ids on contingency that independent local sources find that access to ids are hugely increased

which means it will never happen but hey a girl can dream

that’s totally okay! this is the politics community not the “who do we like” community lol

(edit: i came to an understanding with the person im responding to and i was not happy with how this comment was worded so deleting it because it wasn’t contributing)

thank you for proving exactly why this posts needs to exist. class consciousness, not culture war.

the voting rights act was only in 1965. in a significant number of cases, no they did not

the 19th amendment was in 1920. in a significant number of cases, no they could not

it is demonstrably harder to vote if you are poor and harder to vote informedly if you are poor and uneducated all the way through 2025. no they did not vote for this.

thank you for proving exactly why this post needs to exist. class consciousness, not culture war.

technically the electoral college and gerrymandering are not the same thing, but yeah i would honestly totally agree that the EC belongs in the list of oppressive forces in the meme (i stole the post otherwise i would edit it lol)

Indirect influence versus direct consequence

There are rights organizations that work across state borders for these causes. Not trying to shame, just putting out there that there are outlets for your talents, time, money, or even just verbal support.

no one claimed gerrymandering affects presidential elections, not directly certainly. but local regressive policies and disenfranchisement also hurt oppressed people daily; that’s why all three are up there.

(one could make some pretty valid connections between local elections and lobbying money going towards national campaigns, so we can discuss that if you want but just to keep it accessible and evidence based for now)

the internet is way more culture rich than we tend to think