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> in ways that we never agreed to and had no input on. You don't vote in local, congressional, and presidential elections?
by ethbr1 3y ago
> in ways that we never agreed to and had no input on.
You don't vote in local, congressional, and presidential elections?
- mcbuilder 3y agoIf this is Biden's initiative, then the alternative is Trump? I'm sure there could be a technocratic rational non-idealogical third party that would get a bunch of HN voters but does any viable third party actually exist? Fixing our education system is a lot bigger problem then we've ever been able to tackle as a country by popular initiatives.
- _heimdall 3y agoThe fact that Trump and Biden are the two candidates we've been offered is a sign of a much more fundamental, and disappointing, problem. I don't think anyone would agree that those two are the best candidates this country has to offer, and most people I've talked to about the election feel stuck picking between which one is less bad.
- _heimdall 3y agoFind me a candidate that had any input on this Intel investment that campaigned on giving billions to Intel to onshore chip manufacturing. Maybe they do exist, but I don't remember it coming up. Also to clarify, local elections wouldn't have helped here. Congressional and presidential elections are a different beast, The Machine (reference to the University of Alabama) heavily influences elections and elected officials. I do vote, but I have little faith that such a massive and heavily funded political system allows my vote to count for more than winning a seat. I've been regularly disappointed by those I've voted for when they inevitably ignore or break promises they campaigned on and make decisions that often fly in the face of the very principles they originally claimed to stand for.