I would disagree, lots of people do need help and we are being abused by the government and corporations. It is important to recognize this.

Reddit is an abusive entity borne out by the fact that they are thieves of the commons, taking our collective knowledge and communities for themselves, and locking them up behind a paywall. I don’t care what their abusive terms of service are, what they did is wrong. But this isn’t even about them though because everyone is doing this same shit.

I have already been involved in local elections. I have stood on the capital of my state demanding rights for other disfranchised citizens. I have gone to DC to lobby my representatives multiple times. I know the power of community organizing and influencing local elections. I also know how little power we have on a state level and how we basically have zero power at the federal level (non-wealthy people)

We have problems that can’t be fixed by flexing our political power alone. This is the real conflict we face and is why so many people have been disenfranchised.