And some, a vanishingly few but present group, want to make things better. By dismissing the whole party, you disincentivize the people who might vote for the greater good, or at least keeping things the same, because ‘it doesn’t matter’. That lets the ‘steal everything’ party win.
Want better representatives? Help find them and amplify them. This is not a spectator sport where you vote once every 2-4 years. If you don’t like the choices you are offered, change the choices. Even after you’re doing that, vote for the least harm until we get to a point where we’re choosing between a ‘good’ vs ‘better’. We will never reach that point by telling people their votes don’t matter.
I don’t think we’ve quite hit the point where the ballot box is completely rigged, but posts telling people it’s not worth their time to vote against the incredibly obvious corruption will only only accelerate us to that moment.
And some, a vanishingly few but present group, want to make things better. By dismissing the whole party, you disincentivize the people who might vote for the greater good, or at least keeping things the same, because ‘it doesn’t matter’. That lets the ‘steal everything’ party win.
Want better representatives? Help find them and amplify them. This is not a spectator sport where you vote once every 2-4 years. If you don’t like the choices you are offered, change the choices. Even after you’re doing that, vote for the least harm until we get to a point where we’re choosing between a ‘good’ vs ‘better’. We will never reach that point by telling people their votes don’t matter.
I don’t think we’ve quite hit the point where the ballot box is completely rigged, but posts telling people it’s not worth their time to vote against the incredibly obvious corruption will only only accelerate us to that moment.