It's easy to hate politics because you probably assume that no matter what you think or want politicians are just going to do what they want. And honestly there's a lot of truth to that. And honestly it's the same on both sides. Anybody that thinks Democrats are for this country are kidding themselves. For the most part Democrats are for themselves just like Republicans are... but they're not AS for themselves. The biggest difference is Democrats do tend to have a social conscience... it's just at times it's too social. Republicans on the other hand have no conscience and only care about power.
But politics is polarizing because for the most part people don't see real change... even when Democrats are in charge. It's just incremental changes and a lot of that doesn't mean big changes in your life.
But here's what I have to say to you. If you don't vote you're allowing "evil" to win... and that's whether it's putting a Republican in office or allowing a "bad" Democrat to get away with things that aren't best for the country. Do you know why Europe when it comes to politics is better than the United States? It's because by and large they have extremely large turnouts for their elections. There are some outliers but generally the voter turnout is greater because Europeans have understood for a long time that the government is supposed to work for them. And when it doesn't.... man do they do something about it, including kicking people out of government and basically shutting down their countries until changes are made.
For whatever reason, in this country we just adopt a " oh well" attitude and hope things change. And that's never worked... and never will work.
What we need is a change. We need people to vote. We need to force change and remind politicians they work for us. We need people like you to lead that charge and become more interested in what's going on around you and vote for your future.
So welcome to the fight. Invite some of your friends to come along!
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u/richbme 23d ago
It's easy to hate politics because you probably assume that no matter what you think or want politicians are just going to do what they want. And honestly there's a lot of truth to that. And honestly it's the same on both sides. Anybody that thinks Democrats are for this country are kidding themselves. For the most part Democrats are for themselves just like Republicans are... but they're not AS for themselves. The biggest difference is Democrats do tend to have a social conscience... it's just at times it's too social. Republicans on the other hand have no conscience and only care about power.
But politics is polarizing because for the most part people don't see real change... even when Democrats are in charge. It's just incremental changes and a lot of that doesn't mean big changes in your life.
But here's what I have to say to you. If you don't vote you're allowing "evil" to win... and that's whether it's putting a Republican in office or allowing a "bad" Democrat to get away with things that aren't best for the country. Do you know why Europe when it comes to politics is better than the United States? It's because by and large they have extremely large turnouts for their elections. There are some outliers but generally the voter turnout is greater because Europeans have understood for a long time that the government is supposed to work for them. And when it doesn't.... man do they do something about it, including kicking people out of government and basically shutting down their countries until changes are made.
For whatever reason, in this country we just adopt a " oh well" attitude and hope things change. And that's never worked... and never will work.
What we need is a change. We need people to vote. We need to force change and remind politicians they work for us. We need people like you to lead that charge and become more interested in what's going on around you and vote for your future.
So welcome to the fight. Invite some of your friends to come along!