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minus-squaretwelvety@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoThat’s a dangerously complacent view to hold, imo. There’s been a lot of “but that would never happen” happening lately.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 months agoThe issue isn’t that they wouldn’t disenfranchise american citizens, that’s been the game since 1776. The issue is that they wouldn’t disenfranchise their own voters, the objective is to disenfranchise the opposition.
minus-squareGreenShimada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoTake a look at this list of percentage of adults with passports and tell me how the top 10 voted in 2024. https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/SAVEact-tables.pdf
That’s a dangerously complacent view to hold, imo. There’s been a lot of “but that would never happen” happening lately.
The issue isn’t that they wouldn’t disenfranchise american citizens, that’s been the game since 1776. The issue is that they wouldn’t disenfranchise their own voters, the objective is to disenfranchise the opposition.
Take a look at this list of percentage of adults with passports and tell me how the top 10 voted in 2024.
https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/SAVEact-tables.pdf