Please read wonky news, vote, and tell your friends and neighbors about the stuff you learn about candidates. We get crappy government by voting for it. We could fix the government if we elected people who would write legislation to stop corruption, was there to fix roads and balance budgets rather than scream about triggering issues, and wanted to make a better rather than to simply 'win' no matter the price.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 12 points 3 months ago

I already do vote and try to convince people around me, but here in Germany, the reality is that most people are old and stubborn (average German is 44, average voter even older) and the propaganda of the last decades worked.

Some still believe in trickle down and neoliberalism, some started believing Russian propaganda and are convinced that only right extremists can rescue us.

But that's exactly the situation I've described above. You see the ship steaming onto the rocks, but ⅓ of the crew thinks, that's fine since it worked so far, ⅓ denies the rocks even exist and the last ⅓ is convinced that rocks are actually an opportunity for growth.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

We get crappy government by voting for it.

Yep, and our choices are Sideshow Bob or Grandpa Simpson. Vote wisely.