"I don't want everybody to vote."

[Scootaloo]

16. I want people to keep this in mind

Government does not work unless you participate. Period, absolutely, no buts or what-ifs. If you are not involved, you will not get the government you want.

Don't just vote. petition, Protest. Run as candidates. Attend city council meetings or whatever else you've got. if a politician is coming to your neck of the woods, try to bend their ear - even if they're not Democrats, make yourself heard. Our system of government may not be an open-market mass democracy, but it still relies on constant input by large numbers of citizens.

One hideous feature of modern leftism is this nihilistic apathy. The idea that "well, they're all the same," or that "voting doesn't change anything," or "like, don't get involved in the system, man." That somehow, getting involved is bad, while non-involvement will change everything. its most recent expression was in 2010 when a lot of people really, honestly seemed to believe that handing victories to the fascists would move things to the left.

We need to abandon this shit attitude.