There is a very lovely pattern I see. Every time there is a conversation on the internet, everyone totally always voted and participated and canvassed and run and also fed the homeless at the same time, and every time there are any elections upcomming, there is no end to the constant anti-democracy messages about how voting is pointless and nobody should do that because both sides.
In the end, around 20% of registered voters are voting in democratic primaries, and I repeat my thesis, every time the nominee was the person who got the most votes, every time. So the answer to your question - they already care what you think, and if more people were agreeing with you, then maybe they would do what you want. So far they’re doing what majority of voters wants, and that’s not on the shadowy democratic demons, it’s on majority.
That’s not how democracy in your country works. And because a bunch of people also don’t know that, you are in that situation.
Unless you learn how it works and will start working on it with this knowledge, you will indeed be unhappy, but it’s nit government’s fault, it’s yours for not educating yourself.
Well, voting in primaries is more than most people are doing already, but it isn’t exactly what I meant.
I am talking more about strategic things people don’t understand. They believe that them throwing out their vote means something other than giving up the power to the conservatives. They believe that giving power to conservatives somehow helps propagating progressive ideas. They believe in magical thinking of “I ticked the box, where is my cookie”. They completely forget about local elections.
Then they say braindead shit like “if I vote third party in a swing state it will help my goal” with no shred of irony.
There is a very lovely pattern I see. Every time there is a conversation on the internet, everyone totally always voted and participated and canvassed and run and also fed the homeless at the same time, and every time there are any elections upcomming, there is no end to the constant anti-democracy messages about how voting is pointless and nobody should do that because both sides.
In the end, around 20% of registered voters are voting in democratic primaries, and I repeat my thesis, every time the nominee was the person who got the most votes, every time. So the answer to your question - they already care what you think, and if more people were agreeing with you, then maybe they would do what you want. So far they’re doing what majority of voters wants, and that’s not on the shadowy democratic demons, it’s on majority.
Okay so I’m just never gonna be happy with my government because I’m too weird.
Maybe I should be an independent. Since I’m in a swing state they might actually care what I think.
That’s not how democracy in your country works. And because a bunch of people also don’t know that, you are in that situation.
Unless you learn how it works and will start working on it with this knowledge, you will indeed be unhappy, but it’s nit government’s fault, it’s yours for not educating yourself.
You mean like the off-year, primary election ballot I have sitting on my table to be filled out?
I know how this shit works. I’ve been doing what people say to do for 25 years.
When will it start working?
Well, voting in primaries is more than most people are doing already, but it isn’t exactly what I meant.
I am talking more about strategic things people don’t understand. They believe that them throwing out their vote means something other than giving up the power to the conservatives. They believe that giving power to conservatives somehow helps propagating progressive ideas. They believe in magical thinking of “I ticked the box, where is my cookie”. They completely forget about local elections.
Then they say braindead shit like “if I vote third party in a swing state it will help my goal” with no shred of irony.
See, I only throw my vote away on primary candidates who lose and Democrats who also lose to republicans.
I also never expect anything for voting, let alone a cookie, because I no longer believe voting works.
And I don’t have to worry about giving republicans power because they just take it anyway since democrats have no cohesion.