It was pretty fuckin’ dystopian as an American in opposition to invading Iraq. The only way I feel that could’ve been otherwise is through some combination of support, ignorance, and/or being a child/unborn.
I was young, white, and male with a good support system. So, my life was close to best case scenario. I was too young to vote in 2000, but I voted against him in 2004. I was naive to the importance of elections outside of the general election. I’m not sure why my parents didn’t educate us more on that. My kids are more than a decade from voting and we are already discussing how we look up information to inform our votes. We vote in every election and we get the kids excited about it (they love the voted stickers!).
Yeah I guess I should clarify for posterity the ‘ignorant’ part isn’t meant to be damning, just, well, true for much of the American electorate. Then and now. I knew I was already a weirdo for even caring about politics at all in my youth and accept it now. Political apathy is the default state so there’s just no grudge to hold or ax to grind about it.
It was pretty fuckin’ dystopian as an American in opposition to invading Iraq. The only way I feel that could’ve been otherwise is through some combination of support, ignorance, and/or being a child/unborn.
I was young, white, and male with a good support system. So, my life was close to best case scenario. I was too young to vote in 2000, but I voted against him in 2004. I was naive to the importance of elections outside of the general election. I’m not sure why my parents didn’t educate us more on that. My kids are more than a decade from voting and we are already discussing how we look up information to inform our votes. We vote in every election and we get the kids excited about it (they love the voted stickers!).
Yeah I guess I should clarify for posterity the ‘ignorant’ part isn’t meant to be damning, just, well, true for much of the American electorate. Then and now. I knew I was already a weirdo for even caring about politics at all in my youth and accept it now. Political apathy is the default state so there’s just no grudge to hold or ax to grind about it.