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One vote doesn’t matter.
Their all crooks and will do whatever they want anyway.
Their all in the bag to the big donors.
Local elections don’t mean anything. It’s all decided in Washington.
People are basically lazy. They don’t care about politics until their ox is gored.
Unfortunately, if they were paying attention they would realize the their ox has been being gored every year since the Civil War.
“People are basically lazy. They don’t care about politics until their ox is gored”.
Exactly right. Too many people don’t care unless it affects them personally. They cannot see the big picture.
That is why discussions which try to persuade or dissuade an individual must center on how certain things adversely affect that individual.
I know there are many Dem gun owners who own guns for protection or hunting but they still vote Dem. They cannot connect the dots.