When I was a kid, my peers had largely lost faith in our democratic system because it didn’t seem like it mattered who we voted for: the conservative elements in society always triumphed, even when they lost. Obama winning didn’t change shit, the Forever War continued. No local elections mattered because the state I live in is so thoroughly Republican, it was like pissing in the wind. Yet, we were always told to have faith and vote.
Fast forward to now, and the reason people are losing faith in our democracy is because they think foreigners are manipulating everything to make the other side win. I should have guessed some insane, xenophobic conspiracy theory was the only way for people to question our system.
When I was a kid, my peers had largely lost faith in our democratic system because it didn’t seem like it mattered who we voted for: the conservative elements in society always triumphed, even when they lost. Obama winning didn’t change shit, the Forever War continued. No local elections mattered because the state I live in is so thoroughly Republican, it was like pissing in the wind. Yet, we were always told to have faith and vote.
Fast forward to now, and the reason people are losing faith in our democracy is because they think foreigners are manipulating everything to make the other side win. I should have guessed some insane, xenophobic conspiracy theory was the only way for people to question our system.