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I know voting turnout is sadly low, but that does not constitute people not participating in the process. Senators and representatives are elected. These repres
by mnm1 10y ago
I know voting turnout is sadly low, but that does not constitute people not participating in the process. Senators and representatives are elected. These representatives' failure to do their job does not constitute a failure on the part of the people to do their job (voting). Pretending like people could do more when the system simply does not allow it is disingenuous and takes the blame away from where it rests: the elected representatives who refuse to do their jobs. And let's not pretend that calling/emailing/mailing/tweeting/etc. representatives is something that should be required to get our representatives to do their job. What kind of responsible, decent person needs to be prodded tens of thousands of times before they do their job?
- M_Grey 10y agoI know voting turnout is sadly low, but that does not constitute people not participating in the process. ...It's the most basic level of participation; if that's not failing to participate in the process, what is? You're welcome to rail against the entirety of the history of who politicians are and how they behave, but it's at your peril. In the same way that you can't just turn a computer on and leave it alone forever, you can't do the same thing with government. Politicians have always been, and will probably always been unrelentingly worthless scumbags.