I hear you!
I haven't voted FOR a politician in my life, but I vote AGAINST the worst one, every time.
And there's always a worst one.
In terms of slowing the slide into tyranny, voting is like throwing rocks at an advancing Main Battle Tank. Most probably useless, but you might get lucky and damage its sights, causing it to unexpectedly blue-screen and drive in maddened circles.
And what was the Trump Administration, if not the Establishment blue-screening and driving in maddened circles?
We'll see how things go, but primaries have been stolen on both sides in recent history. And maybe I'm wrong, but I suspect we have reached a point in the corruption where the general election may never have an honest outcome again. Sure it's not a ton of effort to throw a rock at the tank once every so often, but the amount of time & energy most people spend on politics would be much better spent building useful things. Black markets save collapsing societies, new presidents can only marginally delay the inevitable.
Probably doesn’t have to be said but it’s more of a ridiculous demonstration of how much power the executive branch (and federal government) has that everyone has to pay undue attention to the presidency every 4 years aka “vote or die!”. The “right” person needs to get in or “democracy dies”. Etc and so on.
That and the idea of legislating through executive orders shows a break down of separation of powers.
I’d rather pay little attention to that and focus on more local shit shows.
Yep nostr:npub10fu0hlkx3s4n4dsgfu0cpqephga4afr4qtzpz9vsyqf7vj88v2yqdp8vp4
this is one reason why our rights are not up for a vote - there is no "respect my rights and restore the Republic" option
