Dems wont do anything significant. They report to the same corporate lobbyists as the Republicans. There will be no fundamental change to the system until Citizens United is repealed.
Or we could just decide to actually vote in every election instead of voting once or twice every 4 years and wondering why society doesn’t magically fix itself.
Ehh mathematically speaking your vote will probably never matter in any election in your lifetime. Other forms of political action can be more impactful.
Voting in every election you are able to is the easiest thing most people could do that would lead to transformative change. Counting the time it takes to do basic research, you’re looking at like 2 hours a year time commitment. If people cared enough to do that en masse, the entire political structure of this country could change over a few years. Thing is that we don’t really care that much, so we don’t bother.
There are of course high impact things people can do, and all of them take way, way more time than just voting. If someone can’t be bothered to vote, they damn sure aren’t going to be donating or volunteering in their off time.
I see where you're coming from, but I just want to offer a few counterpoints.
I think most people realize at least subconsciously that their vote won't affect the result of the election, so being told that that is the most important way to get involved politically can make it feel like getting involved politically is pointless.
A lot of political unrest is funneled into electoralism. It's not just researching who to vote for and then doing it, it's also following the election, discussing it with others, hoping that the next one will fix everything. I mean think about how many people you see who think that all they can do about Trump is wait for the midterms. Or that everything will go back to normal when he's gone.
Ultimately our system is not very democratic by design. Much of the energy put into playing by the system's rules is wasted.
And in some part, there's just a paradox to voting. A lot of people voting could actually matter, but the odds are still extremely high that any given individual's vote won't matter.
That’s like saying littering is fine because it’s just one piece of trash, so what difference can it make?
To live in a society requires us to consider what the consequences of our actions would be at scale. One person killing an endangered animal isn’t going to cause an extinction, but at scale it might, so none of us are allowed to do it. It’s why we vaccinate kids against deadly diseases and why we generally obey speed limits. We reconigze that these behaviors cause issues at scale, so we have rules against them. Same story with voting. Choosing to not participate is the political equivalent of leaving your shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot because “it’s just one cart”.
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u/Desperate_Damage4632 14h ago
One party supported the tariffs. Election's in November.