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[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't think you understand how American government works if you think abstaining from voting is pressuring anybody to do anything.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 3 points 5 days ago

I don’t think YOU understand how governments work if you can’t even understand that applying pressure to a government to do something will change their platform during elections. It’s part of why Biden stepped down dude.