Voting feels unsatisfying and the message telling people to just vote, have fallen on a lot of deafened-by-despair ears.
The last three election cycles have had the highest turnout of voters in American history, so the problem isn’t a lack of voting. The problem is that the people doing the voting have had their brains melted out their ears by having to work 7 days a week, being hooked on scrolling mindless content, and a news cycle that is completely owned by commercial/political interests boosting the most loud and distracting issues on both sides of the political divide to worsen it.
Don’t stop voting, but if you are really looking to be involved in a way that does some good, one of the best things you can do is hold a yard sale.
It sounds weird, but if you have a house or driveway that supports it, just have a weekend yard sale. You may make a couple bucks and get rid of some junk, but more importantly, you meet your neighbors. You meet the people on your street and hear what’s on their minds. It gives you good exposure training for being more social.
Get to know your community and exchange contact info so you can have each others backs. Start forming community, which people value more than political ideology. People adopt political ideology just for the sense of community. If we all worked harder to get connected and connect people, we would have fewer people latching onto incel forums or pseudo-science fads.
You can learn from your community what the local issues are, who’s in charge of what, who’s running for what seat… maybe it’s unchallenged? Maybe your area needs better options for representation? It doesn’t have to be you, but you can possibly find someone to promote and help represent you and your community.
If we ALL did this, we would kick the fucking legs out from under this oligarchy that has hijacked our democratic process.
Voting feels unsatisfying and the message telling people to just vote, have fallen on a lot of deafened-by-despair ears.
The last three election cycles have had the highest turnout of voters in American history, so the problem isn’t a lack of voting. The problem is that the people doing the voting have had their brains melted out their ears by having to work 7 days a week, being hooked on scrolling mindless content, and a news cycle that is completely owned by commercial/political interests boosting the most loud and distracting issues on both sides of the political divide to worsen it.
Don’t stop voting, but if you are really looking to be involved in a way that does some good, one of the best things you can do is hold a yard sale.
It sounds weird, but if you have a house or driveway that supports it, just have a weekend yard sale. You may make a couple bucks and get rid of some junk, but more importantly, you meet your neighbors. You meet the people on your street and hear what’s on their minds. It gives you good exposure training for being more social.
Get to know your community and exchange contact info so you can have each others backs. Start forming community, which people value more than political ideology. People adopt political ideology just for the sense of community. If we all worked harder to get connected and connect people, we would have fewer people latching onto incel forums or pseudo-science fads.
You can learn from your community what the local issues are, who’s in charge of what, who’s running for what seat… maybe it’s unchallenged? Maybe your area needs better options for representation? It doesn’t have to be you, but you can possibly find someone to promote and help represent you and your community.
If we ALL did this, we would kick the fucking legs out from under this oligarchy that has hijacked our democratic process.