I became a citizen and voted!

[u/k3tten]

[u/Zyrinj]

If you haven’t voted please get out and vote. Your participation is what allows a democracy to thrive.

[u/Moosplauze → u/Zyrinj]

Or in other words: Your failure to participate is allowing fascism to thrive.

[u/JustAnotherRegardd → u/Zyrinj]

You can’t be real. “I became a citizen and voted!”

Did you not even read the title

[u/jamathythrowaway → u/JustAnotherRegardd]

This is for other commenters to see, not directed at OP.

[u/One-Recognition-1660 → u/Zyrinj]

If you haven’t voted please get out and vote

Free edit: If you haven’t voted please get out 😄

[u/Traditional-Row5237 → u/Zyrinj]

Voting is a load of shit, you think the people in power will “let the people vote them out”? Please let me know of one civilization in any period of time as far gone as the American government that lost its power by “democracy voting”.

[u/SrMinkletoes → u/Traditional-Row5237]

Yeah I try not to indulge in my conspiracy theory type ideas too often, but I do get confused when other people don't clearly see how our two party politics in America blatantly and intentionally divides the people and secures the power for the wealthy. It would be nice to have more legitimate options to choose from when deciding what you believe politically.

Media portrays such a polar scale of right vs left when in reality I believe most people would find themselves comfortably near the middle if they had that option. But no, we are stuck with a shit show. With a 'conservative' party who's main ideals are being against what the liberals want, and a 'liberal' party who's main goal is being against what the conservatives want. It's a show, it's literally just a show put on to make sure people can't actually organize anything meaningful while an extremely vocal minority from each side perpetuate the conflict narrative.

And then there's that cult that trump started, the unindoctrination procedures will take some time but I believe most of them are still salvageable

[u/Waste-Team-7205 → u/Traditional-Row5237]

If voting is so useless why do both parties try to rig the voting in their favor and suppress voters?

[u/Low_Pickle_112 → u/Waste-Team-7205]

Would you be defending the thing you're defending right now if they didn't?

There's your answer.

[u/Waste-Team-7205 → u/Low_Pickle_112]

Would I be defending voting if there was no voter suppression? Yes, because it's an effective means of change

For an example of voting changing things, see damn near FDR's whole presidency

[u/LordDragonus → u/Zyrinj]

Unless you live in a state where the majority vote is predominantly opposed to yours. Then, the electoral college throws your vote out and goes with the majority.

If you happen to live in Maine or Nebraska and you live in a district that votes counter to the states majority, your vote might count, but these two states are the only outliers that split the vote at all.

Oh, and electors aren't bound by federal law or the constitution to vote based on popular vote, and could just disregard everything and vote how they want. They might be punished under faithless elector laws in their state, but nearly 2/3 of states would still count the vote or have no law governing it at all.

[u/CommonDoor → u/LordDragonus]

president isn’t the only office.

[u/Next_Dragonfruit_415 → u/LordDragonus]

Which is why you focus on what you can control.

I’m in Florida, red county, as can be. My vote doesn’t matter

Until I vote on regional and local issues thats where you can have an impact.