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NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says
(www.reuters.com)
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You can do both. You always get the same shitty options to vote for because most people don't vote, and even fewer of them vote in primaries or participate in the political process in other ways.
How is voting for the lesser of two evils ever going to change that every year you will still get to vote between the "lesser" of two evils?
The reason you only get to vote for the "lesser of two evils" is because you don't participate in primaries (assuming you are talking about the US system here). If MAGA can get a psycho like Trump to be their party nominee, you can get your kind of psycho nominated as well.
Primaries are where you actually get a chance to express what kind of candidate you want. Hell, you can even run for office! Generals are where you hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils because otherwise it's an automatic vote for the worst of the two evils.
I agree voting seems pointless sometimes. But it's still important. But it's a lever of power you have access to and nobody can take it away from you no. And you can spend the 364 other days of the year impacting politics in other ways.
That worked out well for Florida that one time. But you're missing what gets people nominated to the general primaries, boat loads of money. If you don't have that, good luck getting anyone you want to win to run. Thoughts and prayers and wishing don't fund a campaign, but money does.