• Triasha@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    They feel trapped by the system because they are trapped by the system. Even the politicians are trapped by the system. Voters know which ones are full of shit because the answer is literally all of them.

    AOC has gotten pushback recently for her vote for weapons to Israel. I don’t think she forgot where she came from in 8 years, I think she works in a system that is corrosive, where you are punished for pushing back and rewarded for conformity in ways that even the strongest principles cannot resist.

    The voters do not care and are not privy to the pressures and compromises the pols are making. I don’t think the system is fixable in any foreseeable timeframe. And for that reason, I am content to throw my vote to the least bad candidate. I’ll keep doing that in primaries and general elections until we don’t get to vote anymore. Hopefully, it never gets that far.

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      9 hours ago

      Sure, we’re all doing what we think is best. We are all worn down by the system, and by our daily struggles. Politics should be helping us. If it’s not helping, people lose interest.