it would be if voting was a more complicated system than “things get worse? (y/n)”
we would need a direct democracy, i think, in order to have a society that requires only from us to vote, and even then there’s the matter of that someone needs to carry out the results of those votes. so even in a direct democracy, we would likely need to discuss politics, make plans together, resolve conflicts, and address immediate needs in our communities
Watching USians convince each other that just voting represents an adequate level of civic engagement is weird and disturbing.
just voting 100% should be an adequate level of civic engagement
it would be if voting was a more complicated system than “things get worse? (y/n)”
we would need a direct democracy, i think, in order to have a society that requires only from us to vote, and even then there’s the matter of that someone needs to carry out the results of those votes. so even in a direct democracy, we would likely need to discuss politics, make plans together, resolve conflicts, and address immediate needs in our communities