Open Letter to Democrats From a Disillusioned Young Voter

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106. Repeating "people should" and expecting results is magical thinking

All the bleating around here about "people should" vote is like expecting that wishes were horses ... not to mention some of the repellent authoritarianism rampant in this thread - "those spoiled brats should get what they deserve." Goddess, some of you sound like the miserable soul-shriveled worshipers of convention who railed against men with long hair and bra-less women.

I very much doubt that the above was actually written by a "young voter" but that's neither here nor there. The essential point that people won't vote if they see no point in it remains.

And guess what? By all the data, those people are right. How many times have we seen some variant on "majority want X but politicians give them Y?" Over and over - and both Parties.

We had a moment when people believed that voting would give them change. That was in '08. Obama ran on change, and people came out in droves and worked round the clock for him and voted for him and gave us a milestone I never thought I'd see in my lifetime. And what did he do with that mandate for change? He appointed Clinton retreads and Bankster Buds. And nothing much changed.

People are not stupid. They know the game is bought and sold and they are not the buyers. They are not yet to the point of going out in the street and shutting the country down - a 'la Ireland over water and recently in Belgium.

When they get there we'll see some action. Unfortunately, it may well be action we won't much like. But the responsibility for that lies squarely with the sell-outs in media, academia, and DC. Not with people who've given up on what is plainly a futile ritual.