[mcclung]

> You see claims like this all the time but they are so blatantly ahistorical its fascinating.

> No one but white men could vote in the U.S. until the early 1900s when women were given the right to vote.

> And pretty much only white people were allowed to vote until 1965 when black people, Asians, etc were given the right to vote.

15th Amendment gave black men the right to vote in 1870.

[klyrs]

That is technically true, but literacy tests, poll taxes and other voter suppression methods were legal until 1965. They had the right on paper, but not in practice.

[dragonwriter]

> That is technically true, but literacy tests, poll taxes and other voter suppression methods were legal until 1965

Poll taxes were actually prohibited by the 24th Amendment in 1964, not the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And literacy tests weren't banned as a voting prerequisite in the whole country until 1970.

[Melting_Harps]

> That is technically true, but literacy tests, poll taxes and other voter suppression methods were legal until 1965. They had the right on paper, but not in practice.

That's making my point for me, all those imbeciles in Qanon were so detached from reality after being propagandized on Facebook by the CCP, Cambridge Analytica et al into thinking that they should vote for Trump or the World would fall apart, only to be left to question their false reality when the results didn't favour their outcome so they did what all disfranchised do when they feel the system is not on their side (which has historically favoured whites in the US), riot.

My point stands, and that is that things have gotten past a melting point because no one wants to exit their insulated echo chambers they've resided and then were forced into during COVID rather than get involved and do the heavy lifting that it takes make actual progress.

Political means is just one way by which effective change occurs at the local level, I didn't vote in the primary despite being told the red wave was imminent (which means nothing to me as I think it's a false dichotomy): but I have residence in a blue state and instead I took the time to volunteer locally and hand out food for those in need instead. It was a better use of my time and helped lessen misery, if only for a sort period, by feeding people.

Moreover, do you know he actual voter participation rate in the US presidential election in 2016/2020? Do you know the demographics, and how few below 40 are actually voting? You speak about race and gender, when you really should be looking at how few non-boomers are involved in politics at all to see how alarming it really is.