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Many of the elderly retirees are already forced to choose between living in a vehicle or paying rent and starving. If SS is still a thing by the time im old enough to retire that monthly check wouldnt be enough to even afford a hyperinflated big mac let alone rent.
If you don't own your own property by the time you retire, then you're fucked.
Vote. Every. Time.
Voting prevents things from getting worse, it doesn't make things better.
Not sure I agree. Obamacare is better than then nothing-burger that was available before if you didn't get healthcare through an employer. Biden is trying to at least get some student loan relief through congress. Getting the right people elected to state governments can help make abortions available again in some states. (If you're a right-wing person then choose the opposite topics for your examples.)
People who are defeatist about voting come across as complainers who are too lazy to get off their butts to help.
I can see what you're saying, but I'm not talking about marginal improvements for the vast majority, or vast improvements for the vast minority. I'm talking about large, systemic improvements.
The issue with electoralism is that the right candidates cannot make it to the ballot in the first place, the system weeds them lit.
I'm not defeatist about voting, I think loss prevention is crucial. I'm not naive though, voting won't ever fix our society, that must be done at the grassroots level.
*And/or choose action, because the system is rigged on several levels and our options suck
I agree. The options at the voting center are rarely great. Action is certainly better.
But getting off the sofa to vote for the least-evil option is critical. Especially in the primaries and mid-terms. Vote. Every. Time. Vote for dog-catcher, school boards etc.
If you're young it's even more important.