The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas has taken to social media to note his refusal to vote in the 2024 U.S election, and explaining his reasoning for doing so. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Taking to Instagram on Tuesday (Nov.
5), the vocalist shared an image of a sticker which read “I Protested” instead of the typical “I Voted” illustration. In the caption, Casablancas explained that his post had been prefaced by a discussion with his mother, who expressed her disagreement with his decision to abstain from the democratic process. “My beautiful sweet amazing mom just told me ‘I agree with you but right now vote at lease to keep trump from winning.
Think of your children’,” he wrote. “I understand and respect that viewpoint of marginal incremental betterment, but respectfully do not think it is the path..
. “Like I told her, I am thinking of my children. The 2 parties are a joke.
.. a horrible lie,” he continued.
“The military and oil companies and banks are who we are voting for – and the media is their propaganda/entertainment wing. [And] with the way they cheated Bernie I see little point in choosing between these puppets..
. They want you to think it matters. That way nothing will change but it has to change.
” Casablancas’ post was met with widespread criticism in the comments, with fans on sites such as Reddit noting they were “super disappointed” in his decision. Fans on the same site were quick.