I understand completely that voting doesn't necessarily get you what you want, but it does get you noticed. People are so lazy about voting. If everyone voted our government in the US would be more diverse. It's about getting minorities to vote, to understand if they all joined together they could make a difference. It's the apathy of letting the 'other guy' do it for me that makes our whole system of voting unbalanced. Stand up and be counted...it can only make you a winner...if not for your cause then just as an American doing your duty as a citizen.
"if voting ever changed anything, they'd make it illegal" ha!
I disagree that if you don't vote don't complain.
Voting is only one way to participate.
It is not the end all and be all of democracy or society.
Besides $ is what controls everything.
Corporations rule the world, and america definately.
Both major parties are parties of the corporations.
The corporation is a legal construct and basically reproduces
the culture moors and values of those that run it.
The very structure in and of itself.
It is basically the culture of the founders of the US
re-institutionalized in a legal 'private' structure.
(and actually it goes to before the founding of the US to kings)
But still a very Euro- institution.
Very non-multi-cultural.
The structure itself has its base from one culture.
The first ones were institutions of Euro-kings to extract wealth in his name.
So, both major parties wish to continue to reproduce
this sort of societal arrangement & culture.
Thus $ is a key factor in keeping the electoral political
system in their hands.
When you vote, you vote for accepted choices of $;
the corporations that give so much $ to usually both parties.
Voting is only one way to participate.
Besides electoral politics,
How else can we work towards a multi-cultural democracy?
Sorry if that sounds kind of out there.
But it kind of looks that way to me.
