When we set out to look at far-right extremism in Upstate New York, we had a few basic questions. What do people believe in? What groups and militias have been active? We found that all kinds of extremist groups have tried to recruit people across the...
The simple fact is if everyone who was capable of voting did vote in their interests we would easily move the US left (actually getting us to somewhere center/left-center as there is no left whatsoever in America). Republicans would go away, we could move past Democrats, and directly address corruption.
But, “their” system of making people think voting doesn’t matter (plus of course voter repression and gerrymandering) and keeping people focused on shit that doesn’t matter (like ageism) is working, as it has for decades.