Yes you absolutely should.
Because when you get pissed about those things you will hopefully start to elect the right people who then HAVE the legal power to change them.
If voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t work so hard to make it difficult.
The biggest and best changes have always come because the working class made it so.
Prior to universal suffrage, we had to fight and die for every small gain.
Since then, we have the luxury of just voting and protesting.
And when we look back at how much has been achieved, it’s just amazing.
My personal pet peeve is that we haven’t gotten around to getting tough with tax avoiders. Gotta start really heavily fining those advisors and enablers. Some probably should be jailed.
That’s the key to reducing inequality, which will then make the middle class much wealthier and stronger.
Here’s the problem: I’m just some random guy in a shitty red state, I HIGHLY doubt my one vote will actually change anything in this state, especially when it gets canceled out.
…can jump-start a leftist politician (or a policy position), getting them ready for state or national campaigns down the road
Judges really friggin matter, and they aren’t categorized by party, so they’re a prime section for a well-informed voter to make a difference
All elections cost money to win
Even in deeply red or deeply blue states
If the GOP lead shrinks from 20% to 15%, that will translate to more money the GOP has to spend next time around or else risk further slipping into single digits and making a new battleground state
Momentum really helps keep costs low. It doesn’t seem like slipping from 20% to 15% should make the GOP panic, but it would
Voter turnout is lower in more deeply red/blue states, meaning your vote actually counts more in closing the gap
Getting your preferred candidate in office is not the only measure of electoral success
Even candidates that get absolutely destroyed on election day can still shift the local or national conversation
Candidates that perform better than pollsters expected can influence future candidates to pay more attention to the issues that brought out those extra voters
There aren’t just voters staying home until there’s a candidate worth voting for – there are also good candidates who are staying home until there are enough voters to support them
Milton Friedman, bastard that he was, was right about this:
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.
We want leftist ideas to already be lying around at the moment they are needed. We can’t wait until after the crisis has already occurred to start organizing and showing up. It’ll be too late.
The Patriot Act was 131 pages, signed into law 45 days after 9/11. That wasn’t a reaction to 9/11, starting from scratch. Someone had a wishlist already, and they had a PowerPoint deck ready to go on September 12th full of proposals that Congress had already seen 100 times but was never ready to vote on before.
Yes, get pissed. Feel that shit, but instead of just letting it get the best of you, direct that anger against our oppressors. Live in spite of them. There are small steps you can take to make change, but first just get angry so you can process this.
You’re right, let me get pissed at everything that I have no real legal power to change.
Yes you absolutely should. Because when you get pissed about those things you will hopefully start to elect the right people who then HAVE the legal power to change them.
If voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t work so hard to make it difficult.
The biggest and best changes have always come because the working class made it so.
Prior to universal suffrage, we had to fight and die for every small gain.
Since then, we have the luxury of just voting and protesting.
And when we look back at how much has been achieved, it’s just amazing.
My personal pet peeve is that we haven’t gotten around to getting tough with tax avoiders. Gotta start really heavily fining those advisors and enablers. Some probably should be jailed.
That’s the key to reducing inequality, which will then make the middle class much wealthier and stronger.
Here’s the problem: I’m just some random guy in a shitty red state, I HIGHLY doubt my one vote will actually change anything in this state, especially when it gets canceled out.
Some things to consider:
See your problem is you still give a rats ass about what they tell you is and is not legal.
True but slight issue: I would get shot at.
I live in Louisiana as a communist. Doesn’t stop me. The threat of violence is all the more reason we need to speak up when we can.
Either you die a slow death forced onto your knees into poverty or you stand up and die doing something about it.
All you have to lose are your chains.
considering how right wingers defend gun right like rabid the least one can do is use it against them
Join your local SRA today!
Yes, get pissed. Feel that shit, but instead of just letting it get the best of you, direct that anger against our oppressors. Live in spite of them. There are small steps you can take to make change, but first just get angry so you can process this.