“I’m going to not vote in protest because I think they didn’t patch the previous holes fast enough! Better give the psychopath the gun again. Sinking everyone’s boat will surely send a message.”
They didn’t patch the holes at all, which is why so many voted for the other party or opted not to miss a badly-needed day’s pay and didn’t vote at all. When you have the White House and Congress you have to appear to be trying to do what you actually promise to do.
That depends on where you live and how artificially inconvenient voting has been made on top of the complexities of one’s personal life to begin with.
But, more importantly, if you lived through the last eight years and you’re a wage earner, you know with certainty that voting doesn’t make any material change in your life, so you’re probably not going to miss out on a day’s pay in order to vote for people that you know definitively do not care if you or your family starve.
That must be why tens of millions of Americans can’t afford a sudden $400 expense, a fact that came out in the 2016 election and has only worsened since.
Because elections totally affect your life, just not positively.
“I’m going to not vote in protest because I think they didn’t patch the previous holes fast enough! Better give the psychopath the gun again. Sinking everyone’s boat will surely send a message.”
It’s more like they’re talking about the oars while the poke holes in the most important part.
“Them oars are made of different wood than the boat.” they explain, as they toss them away leaving the boat dysfunctional.
What are you gonna do, vote for the guy who wants to put 10 holes in the boat? No, you have to vote for me, I will only put 9 more holes in the boat.
Don’t try to take away my gun or tell me to stop putting holes in the boat. What do you want Trump to win?
Exhibit B.
They didn’t patch the holes at all, which is why so many voted for the other party or opted not to miss a badly-needed day’s pay and didn’t vote at all. When you have the White House and Congress you have to appear to be trying to do what you actually promise to do.
Exhibit A!
It doesn’t take a whole day to vote.
The convenience to vote or lack thereof depends solely on your local and state jurisdictions. No blanket statements can be made.
Fine, it doesn’t take the vast majority of the population a whole day to vote.
That depends on where you live and how artificially inconvenient voting has been made on top of the complexities of one’s personal life to begin with.
But, more importantly, if you lived through the last eight years and you’re a wage earner, you know with certainty that voting doesn’t make any material change in your life, so you’re probably not going to miss out on a day’s pay in order to vote for people that you know definitively do not care if you or your family starve.
I’m a wage earner, elections effect my life. Votes effect election results.
That must be why tens of millions of Americans can’t afford a sudden $400 expense, a fact that came out in the 2016 election and has only worsened since.
Because elections totally affect your life, just not positively.
Elections where the rightwing party wins and continues to move us farther rightward makes my life worse.
Swathes of people making false equivalences between fascists and liberals, helping give us that election result, makes my life worse.
Oh boy, wait until you hear about the blue areas of many red states. It’s intentional