• Juvyn00b@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I understand the sentiment but most people just don’t have the time or energy for that. I’m a busy person, got a young one around that needs my help every day - and I need to be able to help put people into office that reflect my ideals without actively being involved. That shouldn’t be a large ask.

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      11 months ago

      And we should be able to do that. But we Americans love to complain about the current state of affairs, yet we put more energy into complaining than we do actually voting. Our voter turnout for presidential elections is already way behind other countries, our mid terms are worse, our general elections the remaining odd years are worse still, and oh my God… The primaries…

      The primaries are where we can actually redefine the political parties and fill them with new earnest candidates. Possibly the most important of all the elections, that’s where we have virtually non-existent turnout.

      Our government is exactly what we made out of it.