• ChillPenguin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We have every right to be pissed off. I followed every rule you’re supposed to follow. And I’m still worried about retiring in the future. The system is fucking stupid. At my job, every system I implement or touch can be changed. Change is a part of life. But for some fucking reason, this country can’t change shit. We just sit in it as everything gets worse while everyone who is struggling continues to struggle even more. The rich get richer. America blows.

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      6 months ago

      We just sit in it as everything gets worse

      Democrats make things better. Vote more democrats in, more things get more better.

      For example, under Biden, the wealth gap between the poorest and the richest is now closing for the first time in almost 100 years. Yes, that’s cold comfort to the middle class, but it shouldn’t be. It’s the start of a trend and we need to see it through.

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          6 months ago

          I’ve voted in every local and national election as soon as I turned 18. Protested in George Floyd protests. I’m 30 now. Shit takes way too long.

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            6 months ago

            Protesting is for you to feel good. Unless you’re protesting for civil rights and being arrested for breaking an unjust law.

            If you want to influence the process, you should volunteer for a candidate’s campaign and forget protests. Sorry, but it’s the truth.

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              6 months ago

              While I generally agree with you, protesting has a place. Protesting alone is useless, but protests in concert with working for concrete policy changes is a force multiplier.

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          6 months ago

          I live in a formerly purple county, one of the wealthiest in the nation, that the Democrats have entirely abandoned despite being able to win local elections.

          The only reason I have any choice at all most of the time is that I know I can choose to leave my votes for local offices blank.