Canada only changed the age of consent from 14 to 16 last decade.
BlameThePeacock
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A little bit of whataboutism, but
A majority of people almost everywhere (I've linked the US specifically) don't care about prison rape.
This is not an Israel specific (or even a colonizer specific) issue.
I think you may have an odd definition of what "revolt" means.
A state declaring independence after having a referendum is well within the normal concept of "revolt"
It doesn't necessarily require people stabbing each other with bayonets on a battlefield or storming the capitol building or anything.
It doesn't matter if Georgia certifies or not if Harris clearly wins enough states to get 270.
I've thought for years now that the US will fracture during my lifetime. It's something that multiple state actors (like China, Russia, and Iran) are expending significant resources on achieving. Having the US break up would be massively beneficial for these countries.
Unfortunately it's working really well, the political divide in the US is absolutely massive right now. There really just needs to be a spark, and an election where the rest of the modern world actually considers it stolen would definitely fit into that category of possible ignition sources.
It probably won't matter though, having Georgia be the deciding factor has only a low chance of happening. So this may just be something that gets added to the pile of tinder, rather than being the spark.
That's literally what the article is about, you clearly didn't read it.
If the Republicans steal the election according to that nightmare house vote scenario, it will not end well for the country.
Democrats have taken the L on the presidency too many times despite having the popular vote. They will not take winning the popular vote AND winning the electoral college, but having it stolen by electors intentionally corrupting the process. There will be riots, in almost every city.
The lack of faith in the electoral system federally would collapse, and you'd see a lot more talk and probably even some action towards independence in certain states.
USSR 2.0
This whole concept of needing to separately register to vote ahead of time is insane to me.
As a Canadian, when I file my taxes there's a tickbox that allows anyone to register (if it's their first time) or update their address if they've done it before. Then you'll get automatically mailed a voter card prior to any election giving you details on your riding and voting location.
However, even if you don't do that, you can still vote on the day of the election by showing up with two pieces of ID. The process takes like 2 minutes longer because they need to fill out a short form, but they fill it out for you so you really don't need to do anything but sign it.
So they can say they abandoned the ship before he lost.
That way they seem like less of a loser themselves.
Logic in protests? Lol
Especially with this gaza situation where the public isn't actually educated on the geopolitical situation (Iran proxy war) that's causing it.
Technically the state reps and congressional reps need to be voted in too, so the voters have some power, even if gerrymandering makes it less than it should be.
Actually, that's exactly what age of consent is. The age at which you're allowed to do things with an adult of any age.
Romeo and Juliet (or close in age) exceptions are for the situation you're describing, and are usually tacked onto age of consent laws as an exception.
In Canada, there's a pair of these. At 14 and 15 it's less than 5 years older, and at 12 and 13 it's less than 2 years older.