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Completely missed my point. Stop blaming the voters and start blaming the politicians who refuse to put regular people's lives above the wishes of their wealthy benefactors.
These people are children utterly incapable of holding leaders responsible for their actions. It's just a sports game to them. All that matters is that their color wins.
Politicians represent voters.
If people don't show up, why do you expect to get represented?
Zohran won the primary because people came out. And it was still appalling at 30% turnout.
How hard is it to just agree that if you want to be represented you need to show up?
Then make it easier for people to show up. Have locations open for a whole week. Universal mail in ballots. Compulsory voting. Hell, why not digitize it like Estonia did 20 years ago.
Voters aren't the problem. The problem is voter suppression. Partially by FPTP, partially by our oppressive economy. Stop blaming the many and start blaming the few
I mean, I fully agree voting needs to be much easier. Vote by mail, whatever. No argument at all.
But no- you can't explain 90 MILLION people not voting based on voter suppression. That's just an absolute BS excuse.
Too many people are lazy and too many have been told "oh it's the DNC", etc. It's not. Primaries have like 30% turnout AT BEST. 90 million didn't show up to vote against a fascist in the general.
People need to be told- "hey, it's you. YOU need to go vote." They've been absolved of responsibility time and time again. When you tell people that it's not their fault then they have zero incentive to correct any kind of behavior.