Changes happen in the streets, not the ballot box. The fact that you think real change only takes place by choosing the "right" one of two (largely indistinguis

Changes happen in the streets, not the ballot box. The fact that you think real change only takes place by choosing the "right" one of two (largely indistinguishable) major party candidates every four years is part of the problem. Change is hard. It takes dedication and sacrifice. It takes wit and cunning and luck. But we live in a country where if you go out and try to make those changes, you will not be arrested (for very long) or killed. Your family will not be tortured. In fact, when people do attempt to make changes, our country encourages them. There are very few places in the world where this can be said. And groups dedicated to making changes this way have altered the course of this country. The LGBT community is doing it right now. Racial minorities have done it in the past. Anti-war activists have done it. But they didn't do it from a place of comfort. It's very hard to make positive changes to society while climbing a corporate ladder. If you are too scared to disturb the comfort of your current life, and you think the ballot box is all you have control of, then you are the exact type of person I described in my original post. And it's not an insult to you. It's an insult to an entire generation.