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You can be involved without voting. I'm not saying you shouldn't vote. I'm saying I personally don't think it matters. James Corbett has often said on his podcast that if you think we can vote our way out of our current situation, he wishes you the best and yes, go vote. Hopefully you're right and he's wrong.

But it's important to be realistic. Just attending protests or being involved locally with city council meetings or school board meetings is arguably way more important than voting. I've helped in local campaigns before. Not in a long time though; it does jade you to the process.

When people stop getting involved, when people lose hope, that is when the Oligarchs and dictators starts to act

Dude they're always acting no matter if you have hope or not. The media flips the majority of the population like a switch.

I used to think that voting didn't matter. I changed

I mean... if it gives you purpose, good? Keep on keeping on. Nothing wrong with a religious belief. Keep proselytizing I guess. Maybe you'll convert me one day. But for now, the risk of jury duty doesn't outweigh the benefit of trivially placing my wish on a piece of paper for one from the list of psychopaths running.