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Democracy was dead from the beginning, the ‘founding fathers’ were afraid of the masses and the structure of the government is a reflection of that. On top of that the dominance of political parties (which George Washington warned against) makes it essentially impossible to vote for someone who generally shares your interests which is what you’re supposed to be doing in a democracy.
This is all true, but that shouldnt discourage people from voting this time around.
"Hey! That thing you do every four years is actually a sham and always had been but don't let that stop you participating because you know, we really need you to vote this time to preserve the illusion of democracy"
Stop huffing jenkum and most of all, stop encouraging others to take up huffing with you
One candidate is openly planning to install himself as a violent authoritarian dictator. Voting against that is in fact important?
And the other is actively engaging in a genocide with supplying intelligence, weapons and boots on the ground and has bypassed Congress multiple times to do so.