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I don't mean to belittle abortion, but it's fucking insane that this is also the "future of democracy in America itself" election and yet that somehow apparently isn't the thing that people care about. What the actual fuck?!
Yeah, for me the whole "supreme court Justice bribed by billionaire with room decided to Nazi memorabilia including signed Mein Kampf" or "ex-President who tried to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power with the help of white nationalist groups and is now quoting Hitler" or "congresspeople regurgitating Russian propaganda and trying to impeach the sitting president with info directly from a Russian intelligence asset while Russia is kicking off WW3" are all kind of motivating.
But the truth is that a lot of people just don't know. They aren't tuning in, they assume that partisan media is just constantly chicken little claiming the sky is falling, etc.
Some of it sounds so outlandish you'd think it's just Goodwin's law or hyperbole until you actually double check and realize, "oh, no, they really are literally spouting Nazi talking points."
To me it seems like abortion happens to be the canary in the coal mine for a lot of people, and the loss of democracy is carbon monoxide.