I really wish voting was a privilege only for those who take the time to understand how the government works and what they are actually voting for.
In Europe in the 1800s only men 35 and over, who own land, could vote. We don't want to go down that path again.
I think in the USA people don't vote much. In my country it is a criminal offence not to vote and we get fined for not voting.
I dont mean by class or sex or race. I mean people should have to attend some sort or free class to learn policies and pass a test and get a liscence to vote or something.
Because going from discrimination based on bullshit and swinging hard to the other extreme letting anyone 18 and over vote is also proving to be disastrous and people are voting for the party they feel like is better. And people are suffering because of it.
Like the inner city kids. We just got options to them and Democrats shat it away. It's just sick and sad. And look at how the country is now. News isnt news, its propaganda. Politicains and corporatists are bed buddies now so it's about manipulating the public to vote for the benefit of the elites, not regular people. And their voting base DEFENDS them. No accountability. But they foamed at the mouth over Trump no problem when the establishment told them too. And they wont admit that either, but it hurts their egos.
And egos are more important than people, you know? They only want the poor/working to have the crumbs their party tosses so the egomaniacs can feel good for supporting that. But if a guy they were told to hate is actually working to make lives better? They dont care, they gotta get rid of him.
Its fine for them School Choice is gone now and maybe they try getting democrats to do it. But it cant be a Republican. They can just suffer until a democrat adopts it. The whole world has to revolve around their feelings and I hope like hell I'm far from the only one fed up.
We could even end the propaganda warfare of corporate media and partisan politics if people were only allowed to vote after showing they understand the policies. Because as it is NOW they are destroying the country.
They dont even have control of the southern border right now. Women are being raped in prison. The Taliban is being recognized as a governing body with 80 billion dollars worth of our weapons and equipment. All because they embraced an irrational hatred of Trump.
Useful idiots. I just wish we could make them not so useful. They wont even have honest talks about real issues or policies. They just defend bad ones and attack us. It's like they dont realize we have to share a country.