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I went through a period of reading Private Eye, but had to stop as it was destroying my mental health.
Honestly such a great magazine that highlights how dog shit our government is, but it’s just so depressing after a while.
Do what I do - vote them out at every conceivable level of government until they learn to listen (or fear) the public.
Either would be good.
That’s what I’m doing, but I don’t think it’s just a conservative issue.
It’s a politician issue and I’m so jaded now that I don’t think there’s ever really a good option.
I always vote for the best option I can see, but it feels pointless at times. But then I know that’s what the worst option wants voters to feel, so I vote anyway :/
I’m not directing it solely at conservatives - more, the self-entitled status quo. People are weird in that they vote against their interests in fear it’ll get worse, but they ignore that you have to break the grip of the incumbents for any change to happen.
That could take several election cycles to clean house. Politicians have to know that their actions are what they’re being judged on, not their affiliations, and if they don’t work towards those better ends, then they’re out.
Good on you for always trying to choose the best option, and not the one habit suggests.
I think the worst thing we as voters do is expect big changes to stick immediately. I think ultimately, it’s going to be a lot of smaller, necessary changes before we can expect big moves to really make it.
After 50 years voting, I feel it’s our impatience for change that tends to scupper any sort of real change, and return the grasp back to the status quo.