Will your votes help? Not if you can’t find better representatives. Many of your congressmen and senators, most GOP and many DNC members, are power-hungry and for sale to the highest bidders, who are rich campaign donors and lobbyists, including religious interests. The only thing they want from you is your votes (the LatinX vote, women's vote, black vote, gay vote, men's vote, the educated vote, the workers' vote, culture war votes, disenfranchised young men's) because these votes give them the power that they can sell to wealthy corporations and the billionaires, your real rulers. To get your votes, they have to make you hate each other enough to vote against each other. They do this through their speeches and media outlets, which starting in the Reagan years did not have to give you a fair and balanced presentation of the news. This has been made worse by independent podcasters and the like. This causes even worse gender inequality, racial discrimination, gay intolerance, education-level dislike, and anti-white discrimination. Your real rulers only want you to make things from the earth's resources as cheaply as possible and sell them back to you for as much profit as they can. The less they worry about you, the more they can make from you, the better.
What do you get? Pitiful long-coming paychecks, culture wars, and false election promises. That translates into worry, hate, and disappointment.. Not a very pretty picture. The planet suffers and you suffer. Family gatherings suffer because everyone is arguing and turning against each other. For what? So you won't argue with the billionaires but instead, blame each other for the economic disparity and obscene income inequality. Many people are developing an allergy to life. No wonder no one looks forward to Monday morning. Your billionaires and their corrupted politicians as well as their preachers are not doing you any favors. They are all selling you false hope that you can escape those uncomfortable feelings.
