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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

You don't get the Dems to fix the system, that's not the point. They're not a solution, they're one step. The problem is we've been leaving it to that one step and just magically expecting things to get fixed for us.

Showing up helps, but it's only the first step. And you have to show up for everything. Not just once every four years, or even every two. You need to show up for every vote. Down to local dog-catcher. Because that change trickles up.

I'm not a strategist, I don't have all the answers... but I know giving up cause you haven't seen the change you wanted through minimum effort is fucking stupid. It's hard. No one said it wouldn't be. But that's no reason to decide it's not worth the effort.