posted February 26, 2021 03:38 AM            

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Originally posted by Chanterelle:
I’m not suggesting that not voting is the preferable option —I do vote, I’m glad that I’m less in the minority for knowing my Congressman’s name than I was a decade ago, and I hope that people can at least be confident in the election process next time around.
Thinking about what you said, though... “It is a part of the USA psyche for individuals to persuade themselves that “this is not my fight”... that’s exactly what I’m getting at! Lots of people have finally decided that it is, and some of them are being very stupid about it.
My point is, lack of faith in the political process itself is the fundamental issue, and I feel like I’m always the one reminding people not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. How much cynicism is warranted, and how much of it is deliberately cultivated?

As for the ‘money talks’ part, I agree completely (well, I don’t know if we agree, but I see the illogic of what you’re pointing out). That’s why I still want to be a farmer when I grow up (among other things).

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The people that are behaving stupidly now are doing so because the system of democracy has been failing them for some considerable time, and they have reached breaking-point.

And the system has been failing them because other citizens have been choosing to not exercise their right to vote.