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> the only options left

There are lots of options left. The big one would be to vote and to help others vote. In 2024, only 42% of young people cast a ballot.

What is the point of voting when gerrymandering decides the outcome? We don't have a functional voting system by any stretch of the imagination. If we did, gerrymandering wouldn't be a thing, and we'd be using ranked-choice or range-voting. So many of the right-wing states have banned these superior voting methods because they're so afraid the ones in power will lose immediately. Granted, it's true that Trump won the popular vote in 2024, but note that voting rights have unfairly been denied to many citizens, especially in right-wing states, so was it really an honest win?

Gerrymandering has no effect on votes for president or senate, and ranked choice/range voting has no impact on gerrymandering. To eliminate gerrymandering you'd need to have an at-large/seat based voting system instead of district based. In other words - instead of voting for a representative, you'd vote for a party - and the party would then fill the seats they won at their discretion. Another option is multi-member districts which is a 'softer' version of the same idea.

what "peaceful means of protest" has the government shut down exactly?

Cutting university funding if they don’t block protests. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqly0zrnnv3o

The ones at many Ivy League schools.

Literally every Israel protest.

> Literally every Israel protest.

I just googled and found at least three pro Palestine protests today. One is in NYC.

So... seems like nothing was banned, and this is why you were downvoted.

So was your issue with hyperbolic use of the word "literally", or are you rejecting the premise all together, because you would have to try really hard to deny that there has been an unrelenting crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses in the name of "anti-semitism"?

I did not downvote you. I think people who did disagree with your claim that literally every Israel protest is banned. BTW, it is hard to understand what does "Israel protest" even means. Does it mean it is a pro Israel protest? Pro Palestinian?

I think formulating your claims better could have avoided the downvotes, and allowed others to understand what you mean exactly.

I think it's quite clear what he means tbh, unless you don't follow American politics.

Whoever just downvoted this, how about using your words instead.

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