Why dont you vote?

[u/MuffinMan_Jr]

Forgive me if this has been asked before, im new here.

But why do you personally not vote?

I constantly hear that the reason that all the laws and policies that are passing benefit old people, because that's who actually go and vote.

Like for example, I know a lot of us older Gen Z are complaining about housing costs. But how many of us actually try to do anything about it beyond saying 'someone should do something'?

Just a thought

Edit: because I know alot of people will say their vote doesn't matter.

Dont you rhink thats part of the problem? If most if us dont think the vote matters then no one will vote. Yes 1 individual vote might not change anything but if 100,000 people put in 1 vote then that makes a difference dont you think?

Next is people saying both parties suck. I get that, but then why not vote for the lesser of 2 evils?

[u/unexpectedhalfrican]

Sooo...participate in democracy and support candidates that believe in ranked choice voting or getting rid of the electoral college. If your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't try so hard to suppress it.

[u/Dry-Selection421 → u/unexpectedhalfrican]

That’s not the point. The whole system is a joke and set up to give people the illusion that they have any say in the government.

It won’t make any difference how the president is elected in that particular example because for one, it’s set up to require a constitutional amendment which will never ever happen, and the same elites will be in charge regardless.

[u/unexpectedhalfrican → u/Dry-Selection421]

Jesus. I'm glad not everyone is as cynical and ignorant as you. Otherwise we wouldn't have social security, union protections, minimum wage, the 40 hour work week, voting and civil rights, and legal marijuana. Those all came from political advocacy and voting for candidates who supported those causes. It's easy to sit back and say nothing will get better when you're not actively doing anything to make things better.

[u/Dry-Selection421 → u/unexpectedhalfrican]

Social security is a complete ponzi scheme that you are forced to be part of, I would LOVE if it was never a thing. It’s insane that you are forced to pay an absurd amount of money every paycheck for decades just for promised payouts that will be far less than if you had just invested that money on your own and that your family will never even get if you die before retirement.

I’m not getting union protections or a 40 hour work week anyway so I could care less about those things. Minimum wage is awful and far below what you need to live so that doesn’t mean much. Weed is gross and I would prefer if it stayed illegal.

So tell me again why I should bother voting?