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In reply to the discussion: Federal agents raid marijuana dispensaries in Washington [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)voting matters. activism becomes law because voters vote for those who will incorporate the wishes of their fellow citizens.
voting is how we now have an assault on women's reproductive health care - because the religious right is motivated to get out and vote to shit on women and try to move them to second-class citizenship in this nation.
but politicians are not ahead of activists - activists set the agendas.
the problem with DC is that there are too few people with too much money who decide for too many citizens against their wishes.
but voting also matters for supreme court judges, for too many things to mention.
but activists are going to be ahead of the pols on issues of policy change - when those changes don't benefit the wealthy - but then, yeah, everyone falls all over themselves to do the bidding of the wealthy.
Republicans are a thousand times worse than Democrats in office because their base is made up of religious extremists with the worst intentions for this nation.