The Bulwark promotes essay on social media
3 Sep 24 12:55 PM · 1d ago · 3 posts · 2 sources · development 3 of 3
The Bulwark shared the essay across platforms, highlighting Last's central claim about voter behavior in democracies.
“It is self-evidently true, at least in America, that voters are not serious adults.”
Jonathan V. LastJonathan V. Last Editor, The BulwarkJanan Ganesh Financial Times columnist
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Thankfully, I think the winds are changing from the era Carlin had observed. If only. Age-Based Voter Turnout Statistics in 2024 The correlation between age and voter participation in 2024 demonstrates a consistent pattern across all 50 states. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, Americans aged 65 and older maintained…
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"Some day people will look at online gambling the way we look at Big Tobacco today: an industry that dishonestly profiteered on addiction and human misery."
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It won’t be that the voters will forget how bad the gop is after the Dems when some elections, it’s that the Dems will fail to bring anything tangibly good for the voters after those wins. The republicans won’t let us they’ll say
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"It is self-evidently true, at least in America, that voters are not serious adults." Much more on that from JVL in today's Triad:
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Do we now? Because I’ve yet to find a single politicians that agrees with me on my ballot and I’m stuck voting for the lesser of two clowns over and over
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Unreadable. Sorry op, but this is an elitist screed full of subsumation and condescension. It's gross, and out of touch.
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