90 million people don’t vote. We don’t demand jack shit.
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OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Where will “demanding our right to healthcare” get us? We can demand stuff all day long, at best we’ll get ignored. At worst, we’ll lose our jobs (and thus any health care) or our homes or our lives.
The majority of Americans hate this government and the oligarchs who run it. Even if we organized and protested en masse, the billionaires and the deluded cultists who buy their lies will just deride and/or destroy any uprising. We’ve been successfully divided & conquered.
I’m too old to start over. I have a house & a family to think about, my healthcare is tied to that. I can’t risk losing my job. I can’t go starting a revolution. I’m sorry to admit that I’m beat.
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 3 days ago
wpb@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So I agree that this is a problem. It undermines the legitimacy of pretty much every sitting government in history. And it’s something that needs solving. Very important.
But when the choice is between someone who shows no motivation whatsoever to support universal healthcare, and someone who shows no motivation whatsoever to support universal healthcare, I kind of struggle to see the connection between low turnout and low healthcare coverage.
Again, low turnout is a bad problem, and if we had higher turnout, no one could ever say “not my president” about Trump/Biden/Obama/Bush, which is something to aim for. Legitimizing the sitting government is very important, and as such greater turnout is important.
Bluedragon012@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I disagree. But if you need to rest, rest. As long as you know they are horrible people, that is enough for me.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Do what you can. And if you can’t do anything then at least don’t get in the way of the people who are.”