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I've noticed the same. When Biden was still in, support for him was of the "grim determination" variety. But as soon as he bowed out, it shifted to practically jubilant support for Harris.

So glad to see that shift.

Gen 'Xer here too. Most, if not all of my social circle are voting for Trump too. I am mirroring you in saying that I also shared the same life experience as them. What I'm noticing with all social media which is a major part of all our lives is that its a giant echo camber for both sides. Here on lemmy and reddit (yes I know, but I still check in there) we are all leaning left and denouncing him. Meanwhile on the Meta and Twitter I see everyone clamoring about him bring their savior and how evil and wretched Harris and the libs are. Both sides are surprised how close this race is. I see the media profiting on all this chaos and nonsense. We need to fight to get the media out of the control of all these oligarchs, be-it US or foreign interference centers. I think and hope that more and more people are realizing this and this is going to be the start of class warfare. Sad thing is they got all us have-nots battling each other instead of them. So hard to talk with the cultists and veer them away from the Kool aid going around. It's sad and it's going to get dark one way or another.

Anyway preach on and don't give up.

Engagement optimized social media.

but they did abuse the women

More matriarchal societies existed in primitive cultures than you'll likely learn about in grade school.

The misogynist violence is not a consequence of human nature but a legacy of our engineered social system.

No, the children are wrong. Even if they do it ironically.

My 21yo niece asked if I was voting Trump so she could cancel it.

I said DO IT. No idea why she thought I would vote for a asshole but whatever gets her going.

Participation, yes. Who, hopefully never.

We were told growing up how decent we should be

This rings so true with me. I was raised in the church and I truly believed in what was taught about loving your neighbor, and caring for the less fortunate as my family and church taught.

Then my senior year of high school my dad (a Deacon in the church) told me that he notices that I tend to make friends with broken people instead of friends that can help me out. And that's when the first cracks in religions hold on me started to appear.

Today I'm the only one in the family I grew up in not voting for trump. I'm also the only one who gave up on church. My sister went even deeper by seeking out a fringe Baptist congregation that believes some really fucked up shit, and my brother followed in my dad's footsteps and became a Deacon. Last week my mom explained to me how it's the culture of the inner-cities that makes violence and crime so common. It isn't race, it's culture. She thinks she's being open-minded. And they all think they are good people. 'They'd do anything for you'... as long as you're part of the church - even then, don't ask too often.

I'm ranting now, but damn, how is it so hard for people to just genuinely be good and helpful?

I haven't seen my brother in four years since he came into my house dropping hard Rs everywhere.

I outwardly pretend it doesn't bother me to have cut him out like that, but it really bothers me quite alot. I have young impressionable kids and refuse to encourage that kind of behavior around them.

this is why I think of conservatives like Nazis. I hate them because of the betrayal from family. because of that, i will never trust a conservative again.

Oh yeah I don't disagree about that. I'm the black sheep of my family in that regard. Even my Gen X siblings are Trumpers sadly.

I was just more so pointing out that I wasn't entirely sure if the younger two generations were actually serious. I know how social media is. Someone posting about something is not the same as someone taking action so I get anxious about whether or not people will actually make good on their statements.

I agree, but it should also be something people do because they care about doing the right thing and value democracy, irrespective of what social media tells them to do.

Yeah, if you want to be taken seriously vote. Even if it’s just in the primaries. Even if you show up to hsnd in a blank ballot. But they are only looking at the demographics and voting patterns of voters. They may try to get non voters involved but many efforts fail there and they don’t know what the mass of non voters actually want.

As a millennial who’s never missed a congressional election I want young people with me demanding that primaries all occur on Super Tuesday and that universal healthcare be on the table. I want to give the Dems the opportunity to actually show their true colors.