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Sure I care but what can I do besides voting?
Organizing, which is far more important, and it isn't close. Voting is less than the bare minimum.
Not voting. It shows the system that the electoral theater they put up to placate the people doesn't fool you.
I can think of one recent event
not saying it's valid, just that it's a possibility
Live your life by example.
The world has enough people who preach and don't practice. It needs more people that practice and don't preach.
You need to educate and agitate and organize. It isn't an either/or situation, you need both so that theory and practice sharpen and reinforce each other. Ignoring one weakens the other.
You can do propaganda