If you are entitled to, please vote. Politicians will not do anything to help you if you don't vote.
Before the election, get a sample ballot for your local area and research everyone on it, even if you think you already know about them.
If you can't be at the polls on election day, you can probably vote early or get a postal ballot. Additionally, if you expect difficulty with transportation, many community groups will take people to the polls for free.
#politics@alexbuzzbee voting legitimizes our democratic institution, which has totally failed. Nobody should vote, and those who do vote are shameful traitors.
@fluffy Voting is the bare minimum effort in which people influence the state. There's lots of other things that can and should be done as well. @alexbuzzbee
@alexbuzzbee@terryenglish >what did prevent them? they didn't occur because Iran, despite the numerous attempts at being tempted into a war, refused to declare war.
USA obviously is trying to bait them into it, the way they baited Japan.
@alexbuzzbee@terryenglish >why The american government is engaging in a balkanization of the middle east for numerous reasons. In general this is a result of neoconservative policymakers.
>why need to bait Because western nations require a casus belli to wage a justified war. Essentially this is a relic of christian theology first postulated by augustine of hippo. waging war without such a justification carries political risk
>why not just go to war We've done so before, but the us must maintain its political position in the international community, and too many reckless wars compromise our ability to project influence.
Did you really think it was because of some sort of picketing and letters? How adorable.
@fluffy@terryenglish I think one of several influences was that "just going to war" was politically unpopular and thus would have hurt the decision-makers' chances at winning reelection. That's not the only factor, but it's consistent with historical patterns and with the evidence I've seen.
re: Voting in the US
@terryenglish @fluffy Yes. There are numerous other means of activism that people should engage in as well as voting, but voting is vitally important.