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It isn't voter's fault, once again the theme for Dems is "Hey I'm not that worse guy." to be the selling point to save democracy. People saying democracy is at stake isn't going to motivate everyone when it doesn't even work properly in the country they live in. The only class of people who have access to democracy is the wealthy ruling class. When they collectively want something, they get it.
Well that’s the point of voting. Has nothing to do with money you have saved in the bank. Stop looking for reasons to be lazy and blame others for the outcome of it
I think I agree but I wouldn't have put it quite so dramatically.
I despise Trump, his popularity is infuriating. That said I don't necessarily think he's any more corrupt than politicians generally, he he just doesn't have any finesse. Like someone else might make fucking everyone over look better, if that makes sense.
Even before Trump I often thought that democracy isn't really about elected representatives executing the will of the people, it's more about elected representatives convincing the people that their preferred course of action is the correct one.
There are a lot of problems with democracy. I don't think the vast majority of people are capable of making objective, informed decisions about the best course of action for running a country. Myself included.