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In 2024 in the United States we don't vote because of specific issues, rather we vote to stop (or further) the onset of an autocratic takeover.
If you want to affect issues, you approach the public and elected officials with data. You get those officials on video denying or lying which will increase their chances of getting primaried.
If necessary, you get radicalized and blow up oil pipelines. We're now at a stage where we legitimately consider sabotage of industry and state paramilitary operations.
Voting is necessary, but not to change policy, only to keep policy from deteriorating further.
More specifically, the reason Joe Biden hasn't solved all our issues is the same reason Trump didn't immediately implement fascism. US politics is very specifically set up so that significant change requires longer term electoral success. This really isn't complicated for anyone now completely blinded by lazy cynicism.
Absolutley this. These kids don’t understand that it takes more than whining about single issue problems and being “active” by posting random shit and memes on social media every four years- then ignoring the issues the remaining three.
It’s 2016 all over again with the Bernie Bros. They have no idea the damage they’re causing to their own ideology.
My local politicians represent the issues I care about well. I emailed the white house saying they need to do the same if they want to earn my vote. I'd rather watch it all burn down than take another fucking step towards all housing owned by corporations.
I hope you understand "burning it all down" includes millions of people.
I'm not doing the burning. I don't plan to vote if my values and principles won't be represented. How could I possibly have any blame for what others are doing? Blues have a historical political advantage and they treat it as a means to get away with fucking people over harder than they would in normal times. If they want to needlessly make it a zero sum game then that's the game we'll have to play.