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Voting doesn't really matter much. The fascists have won.
Dems had the White House and Congress for two years. They didn't do anything meaningful to stop the resurgence of fascism, but they did raise a lot of money ($80 million in fact) when it was leaked that Roe was being repealed.
Now, Idaho is all set to fully criminalize abortion. Within a year or two, it'll be almost half the states.
How does voting help exactly? Your basic human rights shouldn't depend on what state you're born in, but now they do, and it's because the Democrats in the Federal Government are more concerned about getting rich than fulfilling their campaign promises.
If voting didn't matter the fascists wouldn't be trying so hard to prevent it.
I definitely don't want to excuse how ineffective a lot of Democrats have been, but not voting isn't how you change that behavior; getting more involved is.
30 years ago maybe. It's too late now.
What exactly is your plan for the future, if you really believe it's too late now? Just let the fascists take over and hope they don't come for you?
I'm going to do what I already do, take care of myself and do what I can to take care of my friends. The only real impact any of us can have now is local, because the fascists have already won at the Federal level and I live in a very red state.
The only real plan I have at the moment is just to get a vasectomy sometime this year. I don't want to risk fathering a child when it's likely my state will criminalize abortion in the near future.