I overheard a couple of people from an older generation (you know which one) debating about why the country is falling apart.
Their main argument was that Gen X and Millennials aren’t turning out to vote.
They summed up their argument by saying, “if they don’t vote, they don’t have anything to complain about.”
That’s patently untrue.
When the choices suck, you get to complain.
When you feel like your vote doesn’t matter, you get to complain.
When the system is so skewed toward extremism that no reasonable people get a say, you get to complain.
When you have to publicly declare your allegiance to a roomful of strangers before receiving your “secret” ballot, you get to complain.
There are serious, systemic issues as to why people don’t turn out to vote.
That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t vote. But it’s completely understandable why they don’t.
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