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I want to preface this by saying that I do vote in every election, and I think everyone should exercise their right to vote.
That being said, both parties are bad. We're in a class war, and the Democrats are just as beholden/part of the oligarchy as the Republicans are.
The Republicans are definitely worse than the Democrats. There's no question there, but what we really need is a fucking revolution.
The idea of a "revolution" is just a meme. The only people who dream about them are people who are too online and college students, and the reason for that is because these are the people who don't have a lot of responsibilities. A revolution means violence, it means destruction, it means instability, it means danger. These are things that most people want to avoid because they have families, work, and lives of their own. The only people who go out and do things like this are people with nothing to lose, like the people of Iran a couple of months ago. Just like what we saw in Iran, revolution attempts are not guaranteed to be successful, and even when they are, sometimes the new system is even worse. This is often the case, and for the people who gave up everything, their sacrifices will only be in vain. A revolution is not something that's desirable or realistic.
We're basically living through the second gilded age where robber barons are robbing the country blind to their benefit while government is rolling over. What we need is somebody like Teddy Roosevelt. Somebody who can't be bought, can't be influenced, and can't be shaken. We need somebody who's not scared of the billionaire class, not wooed by dark money, and is principled to their core so much so that they see it as their life mission to break up monopolies and take the billionaires. Once we have that person, a coalition will form around them, and that's when real change can happen.
Also, it's ridiculous for someone to think that every "Both sides suck" posts are bought and paid for propaganda. Some may be. I'd be surprised if it didn't happen sometimes. But, the majority are probably just understandably frustrated people.
We shouldn't be policing people's expression of frustration with the system. If someone can't express frustration without being told they're a shill or a propagandist, they're not suddenly going to become an engaged happy partisan. Instead, they're probably just going to get even more disillusioned with the process and will stop talking about it and maybe stop voting altogether.
The democratic party sucks. It bends over backwards to help out corporate interests. It's more interested in winning the next election cycle than it is in making important changes. It often goes wherever the wind blows without having any conviction.
OTOH, the republicans are much worse. They're hell bent on enacting racist and sexist policies that will ensure straight, white, christian men remain in power. They're currently led by an absolute moron who's by far the most corrupt person I've ever seen in my life.
So, the options are currently between a status quo party that might not make your life better, vs a party led by a chaos gremlin which will systematically destroy everything within its reach. Voting for the lesser of two evils may be annoying, but it's often important.
Another problem with the Democrats, even if the next election cycle boots these fascist fucks, it doesn't automatically roll back all the damage the Nazis have done. Sure, the Democrats will repair some of the damage, but realistically, the needle never gets moved all the way back by the Dems.
They also have a history of not rolling back some of the damage, intentionally leaving some stuff broken. It sucks. But, when the two options for voting are the guys who don't always repair all of the damage vs. the guys intentionally breaking things, it's an easy choice.
But, while it may be obvious who any sane person should vote for, it's also clear that voting should not be the only thing people do. Otherwise you really do get stuck with those 2 terrible options.
For me, Elizabeth Warren is one of the few really outstanding democrats. But, her political career wouldn't exist without the protests after the 2007/08 financial collapse that led to the creation of the CFPB. The only reason that Massachusetts residents have the ability to vote for her as a senator is that they first protested against the bank bailouts and the evictions and forced the government to do something about that.
Yep, millennial Facebook-tier Office memes aren't going to make me sign my name to endorse genocide, sorry Blue MAGA.