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If voting mattered why would the Democrats be so comfortable arming and funding a genocide despite it being deeply unpopular? Why aren't they trying to win the election?

Exactly. They are desperate to take that right and privilege away from the people.

Amen

Voting is all that matters really

@@hsbdkdndn it’s the a major thing. But running for office, working as an election worker, working with a candidate are all important too, for those able to do those things. In one sense, voting is the least we can do. But it is essential!

Because young voters are not into the divisions they sew. They vast majority are a lot less racist and homophobic, and believe in institutions.

​@@ArulaneI used to volunteer to work the polls.

Applause. Loud applause. Thank you.

It soooooooo is! Thanks for your comment!

Yeah, that's Great Thunberg's origin story! Go for it. Become an activist. (Though, please pace yours of to avoid burnout.

Unless I'm trying to fill my taxes. It's action that brings me anxiety.

@@fredbyoutubing your action (doing your taxes) relieves your anxiety once you're done. Just like root canals. Everyone thinks they don't want one, but if your tooth is infected and it hurts, the root canal will relieve the pain. Signed, A Former Dental Assistant 😁

Seriously, wow, sometimes things just click. "Action is the antidote to anxiety; if you feel anxiety, it will lessen as you take action" - I really needed to hear those words from someone as wise as Jon right now, not even about politics or activism, but just for dealing with life in general. Thank you, Jon Stewart!

Consider how many repubs say they support the felon but still vote for Joe at the ballot box. Many are likely just as worried as you but fear reprisal more.

It’s empowering to you, stay strong…

Your down ballot votes mean a ton

​@@DanTheMan104yeah, that's the only reason I vote in Iowa, at least my local district tends to favor blue

Your down ballot votes are really important.

EXCELSIOR!!!

Please don't compare Jon to a union busting pervert with a history of non consensual groping

Yoda or Mr. Miyagi...or Mr Myoda

He is far from wise.

​@@YevinM-rn7mp what makes you say that.

Born in 1952, my generation has earned that fate.

Votes don't matter.

same here

same here.

All hail the thumbnail that looks like it's a second runner-up in a Father Time Lookalike contest! (writing old man jokes was a warmup for the writers on _The Problem With Jon Stewart,_ i was not one of them)

Agree

I look at the beard

I’m also 42, and live in Tennessee… it’s hard to feel like my vote matters here because it’s such a Republican majority 😕

@@loribethartist6353 The numbers matter though. In subsequent years, if people see votes on their side (even if they lost) going up, it will encourage the ones who might not have voted before to take action and do so. It also encourages more candidates to get into the race if they see they have more of a chance than last year.

I'm aged between you and Jon, and I agree with what you said. Be realistic about the limited power that you have, but leverage it for all its worth. Nothing worthwhile comes quick or easy.

@@loribethartist6353 I think we're seeing some growth and grass-roots support for more progressive ideas in conservative strongholds like yours. Unfortunately, those ideas are still well in the minority. Hopefully, a watershed moment will happen soon to allow more people in your position to be comfortable sharing political views with neighbors without fear of being ostracized.

@@loribethartist6353 I will venture to say that it's not a Republican majority, it's a society dominated by scared white people, who will glom on to anybody that channels their fears (do they care that Trump was a Democrat for most of his life?). Of course changing that isn't something you can do on your own. This year I think RFK Jr will get a lot of votes from that demographic.

Ah yes... hope.

Unity actually is the strongest thing humans can have.

As a former civy on an air force base (food service), thank you for your service.

The Military is our enemy…..900 billion dollar budget? Insane. I don’t thank you for your service…..you chose it as a job….you got paid…you have Healthcare.

@@nuendo2496 Please don't pay any attention to this comment sir. They want to make you mad for fun. Thank you for your service!

@@themakoshark101 Yes....Thank everyone for their service.....I thanked the checkout clerk at the grocery store just this morning...I said...."Thank You for your service"..........she's probably working for $15 an hour with no Healthcare or retirement......just sayin'......

@@nuendo2496 the checkout clerk didn't sign her life away to protect your freedom the way our military members do. Slight difference. But yeah, you should always thank those who work in the hospitality and trade industries. 👍

you were going backwards pretty much since reagan betrayed america in order to win an election in 1980.

Of course we head into oligarchy due to exploitive capitalism and we the people means less every year. It is inevitable. The question remains is it going to move slow or fast

Tell that to the Democratic corporation who is working non stop to remove 3rd parties and independents from the ballot.

@@473weasel great point and democrats hide their attempts to gain advantage through voting laws far better than Republicans

@@473weasel No one wants president Brain Worms or Russian Asset Stein

in an important election, not voting is voting for the man you do not want

You have been divided and conquered

Well said! Biden also wasn't my first or second choice, but he was the right person for the times. Competence won!

The take care of 2024 part is great advice

Absolutely. It is a shame that people just listen to the Joe is an old feeble man narrative. He is certainly old but I don't remember any president in my life time accomplishing as much. Not to mention is nice to not have to deal with the day to day drama in the White House. And now the alternative is literally a convicted felon. Any vote for 3rd party will basically be a vote for MAGA

in 2028 all there will be is ai max headroom bots to choose from.

Totally agree! SMH.

The Rorschach moment.

They may not tomorrow, but they will in 20 years;)

beautiful ...

@@sandym8787 thank you.

once you’re 40 you’ll see how fake it all is. the entire thing is fake. why even get involved? they’re going to send your children to ww3 no matter what. vote for whoever you want it does not matter-i saw bush 1, i saw clinton, i saw bush 2, i saw obama, i saw trump, i saw biden-all exactly the same. Bush was best friends with Putin too. behind the scenes they’re all buddy buddy. i’m personally checked out.

Trying to take your vote away? How, exactly? By removing candidates off the ballot in blue states? By burying the only opposition in legal battles and court appearances? By charging the opposing candidate with a crime, then admitting a week later that your supporting candidate did the exact same crime, but "it's different"? Oh wait... no, those are all things the current administration is doing... You seriously think requiring an ID to vote is "taking it away"? So we should require background checks for weapon purchases (a right, btw), but not to vote for the president? That's not hypocritical or ironic.

What are they doing?

Both sides don’t care about what you want. In the state I’m in the dnc didn’t even hold a primary, just elected Joe Biden as their candidate

I'm voting for Trump cause my vote matters. Jon said so.

Your comment summarize 50 years of the destruction of our constitutional rights and freedoms

Precisely.

And yet when people vote for an independent they get told the exact opposite. That because their team didn't win and everyone knew it would go the other way, that it was a waste and the same as voting for the other side. It does get extremely frustrating though, when the people that should know best just how important voting is, the politicians and their campaigns, seem to ignore those same voters most of the time, and then condescend to them during the lead up to the election, not by actually trying to reach out, but by guilting them and blaming them for any electoral loses.

Voting speaks louder than words

​@@hsbdkdndn some times

Exactly. Unless there are an equal number of non-voters on the other side, a non-vote for Biden is a vote for Trump. Which is the lesser of two evils?

I'm in my 60s and " democracy" hasn't done Anything for me but feed illusions and then destroy those illusions. It's a sham. I won't validate evil by supporting it.

@@curtisrutter4009 I'm assuming you were asking that rhetorically, because the difference is clear. Don't let waiting for the perfect candidate stop you from stopping a clearly evil one.

@@curtisrutter4009 Biden is by far the better choice - just have to say that.

@@curtisrutter4009 That's just wrong in multiple ways. To start, you seem to be operating under the premise that people's votes belong to one or the other of the 2 major political parties, and that not voting for that party is taking something away from it. That's not how voting works. Your vote does not belong to anyone. You can vote for who you want, or no one. The major parties don't get it by default. Also, one candidate does not gain a vote by someone not voting. If I don't vote for Biden, Trump's vote total does not increase if I also do not vote for him. By that reasoning, if I actually vote for Trump, he'd gain TWO votes: one for me not voting for Biden, then a second for me voting for Trump. That's clearly ridiculous. I understand that the 2 major parties have controlled the presidency for a long time and will likely continue to do so. That doesn't mean they own my, or anyone else's, vote. If I don't vote for Trump or Biden, neither of them gets my vote.

No " 0 - 17 = advertise to their parents/grandparents" ? Seems like a missed opportunity for the marketing-weasels....

Now if that would just get into their long term memory for a better world. It actually is worse because of uncaring industrialists and greedy power hungry people.

If (according to your run down) I'm in my "big spender" years, the advertisers must be really frustrated with me! lol

@@DreadX10 Oh they did... and got into big trouble!

We had a totally different TV and new media back then. They put that 7 seconds delay on there in the early 1970's for a reason!

@@sublimnalphish7232 Journalists had integrity in the 1960s. They were willing to be jailed and die for the truth. They protected their sources and went to the battlefield. They also exposed the liars.

I’m a bit younger but pretty much the same. I worked my first campaign when I was 16. I worked as a poll worker when I was 18. I vote every election, even local elections in off Presidential years. I won’t be a poll worker anymore due to health issues and my family’s anxiety over election shenanigans, but I’ll keep up with get out the vote efforts and volunteering for various campaigns. When I was still in high school, my county had a program to recruit high school seniors turning 18 to become poll workers. We need more programs to encourage younger people to become involved in running elections. Any sort of civic engagement really.

@@rtd1791 Bravo for you!! I applaud you for being serious about your civic duty. Please continue to be aware. We need people who care.

Fair enough but consider for a moment just how meaningless peoples' "votes" are in non-swing states. Young people are disillusioned at this point by the voting system in general. It should honestly be a law or something that anyone voting in a general election has to vote in the primaries too because the lack of voter turnout in the primaries is just not doable anymore. Not attacking you either here, but you do have the benefit of having been literally 13 in 1968. Not only was the American Dream still "alive" but there were more than a few "motivating factors" there as well. Just before the 21st century began is when real apathy over this stuff began. That's literally what the "Smells like Teen Spirit" song is about.

Vote for whoever you want, as a Billionaire, I'll always own you and you can cry about it. Thanks. 😭

In the last pres. election (I believe in WI) the overall win of blue votes was reached by an average of 2 votes per precinct!!! PLEASE, register - then VOTE 💙 up/down 🗳 4 a 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 TSUNAMI in ROE-VEMBER.

Same in Ohio…drowning in red, but I vote regardless!!

Ah yes, I live in Austin, Tx the blue bullseye for the rest of Texas, and I get you.

You have been divided and conquered. You lose

​@@Red_Twizzler Yet another person who copies and pastes the same comment over & over again. 😴

I have been saying that, too, for three decades.

Making a celebrity president hasn't historically gone well for us. The man keeps saying he doesn't want it, it's not right to push it on him. If you trust his judgment, follow it.

Jon wouldn't want to and I don't blame him.

Yup, just what the USA has always wanted, some celebrity to run things.

The main character in the movie Man of the year was based on Jon Stewart and the movie tells you why that would be a bad idea…

Couldn't agree more. I will be casting my Trump vote come November.

Does this prevent him running for president?

@@Klovaneer Unfortunately, no. 😎 😎

It does prevent him from entering 37 countries legally though, including Israel.

You mean representatives right - but other than that spot on

i’m blocked from all my reps for talking too much about the people behind the oxycontin epidemic. youtube won’t even let me write comments about it

@samanjj oop! thank you for pointing that out. I made a mistake and will edit! We are our representatives constituents.

"The legacy of humanity lies in its offspring". Funny you should say that. Conservatives have way more babies than liberals. And they tend to keep theirs as well.

That’s always the default position.

You have been divided and conquered

Liberals are right wing

@@Red_Twizzler this is the reality you face. you vote with what you have to minimize harm. and there's a lot of harm reduction this time around. the next man in office might want to start a gaza-like conflict on our own borders. in facts, he aims to do it by enacting war powers he needs to circumvent immigration laws or any accountability.

@@persuasivebarrier2419 I'll bet ya $1,000 that you're wrong

@@Red_Twizzler I'll bet ya $ 2,000 you're wrong.

👏👏👏👏

😂😂😂 ms Lindsay

You have been divided and conquered.

Because if he did, people wouldn't listen to him the same way b/c he would have to be a participant in the mud slinging contest that is known as 'political campaigns'. Also: we need him for satirical & comic relief...! 😢❤

​@@connywolfram8305RFKjr is trying not to do that. I mean he knows them both enough to truth slam them. He was raised in their neck of the woods!!!

@@sublimnalphish7232 RFK Jr. is regressive, unqualified conspiracy nut, using the same “populist” tactics that Trump used. It’s MAGA-lite.

Exactly because of that you said - he is WISE and INTELLIGENT. And also decent and responsible.

Voting speaks louder than words

voteing💙🇺🇸🗽 (action) speaks louder than words

Then they should look at whether or not one is diametrically opposed to their opinions, and vote for the other guy. They're getting one or the other.

@@stevensauer8539 That's the obvious answer. People should feel like they vote for someone instead of against someone.

@fredbyoutubing They should, yes. But aspirations and reality often don't match. We have a binary choice. Vote or not, you still get one or the other. If you choose not to vote because you will only vote *for* someone not against, then you put *your* future in other people's hands.

One of the candidates has a track record of supporting reproductive rights, equity for people of all races, LGBTQ+ rights; is working to address the high cost of post-secondary education; has teams of people working on solutions to address climate change; speaks respectfully to/about people with disabilities; expresses love for his family and encourages people to be civil to each other. That same candidate works with our country's allies and has rebuilt those relationships after the damage done by the previous administration, regaining their trust while working to minimize threats from countries who wish us harm. His administration recently addressed excessive fees from banks, airlines, etc. As VP, he was part of the team that did the grueling work of passing the Affordable Care Act and, as POTUS, his administration capped the cost of insulin and inhalers and is working to cap the cost of other medications. He actively supports union efforts to secure better wages for workers and supports living wages for all workers. He approves tax credits for low-income people and making sure all kids are being fed. If young people can't find something here that aligns with their concerns, I question what exactly they're looking for.

👍Amen!

So true ...

;)

"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy America reigns without a rival." -Frederick Douglass

To do that, we need to give democrats both houses of Congress, same with reforming the Supreme Court, legislating roe into law, and making billionaires pay their fair share. Participating in our system is the only way we make it better. Voting is the path to change, and so is then holding to account elected leadership.

Unfortunately that'll take longer than the run-up to the next election cycle, and the consequences of that election might preclude electoral reform for many many years, depending on who wins. But. If the outcome hinges on youth vote, the youth vote becomes a voting block that can influence future policy, just as Christian fundamentalism has heavily influenced GOP policy for 40+ years.

@@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc as if democrats would even do it, just like they’re all fine with insider trading and citizens united. We would be lucky to even get ranked choice voting, let alone nationalizes free healthcare.

Because of promises kept by Joe and his list of legislative accomplishments in his first term, I disagree. Participating in our system is the only way to change it, and I want court reform, roe legislated back into law, and billionaires to pay their share. I’m very happy with the actual policies passed in Joe’s first term, and unhappy with the single passage of the last guy, tax cuts for corporations and billionaires, which he’s promised to extend. Be cynical if you want to be. It is a moral failing to throw up your hands and say it is all so terrible so I’ll just complain instead of being politically active, and it is one of the reasons things aren’t better than they are. I, on the other hand, will do the clearly right thing in November, and keep the convicted felon out of office. lol healthcare… the only party that wants us to have it is the blue one. 💙😊

​@@SomethingBlonde-oc7sc Actually, NOPE.... (although all these are great goals). Just put pressure on several states' legislatures to sign NPVIC*** - since we need "just" 61 more EC votes to get it done. ***National Popular Vote Interstate Compact