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>Voting is not a good way to get what you want. Your vote will have essentially no impact on the outcome of the election. Voting is the most minimal way to par
by youareostriches 6y ago
>Voting is not a good way to get what you want. Your vote will have essentially no impact on the outcome of the election.
Voting is the most minimal way to participate democratically. Much more meaningful are advocating for your needs to elected representatives, speaking out publicly, and organizing/attending demonstrations.
But if you want to give up democracy to live under a dictatorship, certainly don't pretend that you actually speak for anyone other than yourself.
- luckylion 6y ago> But if you want to give up democracy to live under a dictatorship, certainly don't pretend that you actually speak for anyone other than yourself. Please don't do the Reddit thing. The argument wasn't "we need dictatorship", it was "it's easier to switch commercial providers than governments if you're unhappy".
- fredophile 6y agoNot all commercial providers are easy to switch. I can't easily switch the company that provides power to my condo. For people with natural gas it's usually not easy to switch that either. If I don't like the property management company my HOA uses it isn't something I can switch on my own. Tonnes of places across the US don't have options for switching high speed internet providers. Switching any of the services I mentioned could require moving, sometimes a considerable distance, for plenty of people.
- missedthecue 6y ago>I can't easily switch the company that provides power to my condo. This is because they have a government protected monopoly. Cities like Chicago and Baltimore and NYC used to have dozens of competing utilities before the government began granting charters that gave one firm an exclusive right to provide power, gas, or oil.