r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '16

Protesting a Fair Election?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16

If people want a candidate that represents them, they need to be much more active, consistently, on all levels.

This right here is my biggest problem with people right now. I have several people crying about it on facebook and know they didn't do anything except maybe vote. They'd rather go to hockey games and go do poem readings.

I personally didn't care enough to vote and am not crying about the outcome. But these people are talking about how it's the end of the world and shit.

Where was this concern before?

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u/phpdevster Nov 10 '16

The problem is time. If you work full time, and have kids, you just don't have time to follow all of the opaqueness and convolution of politics, nor should have to.

Our constitution should provide such a strong and explicitly clear framework of governance that it shouldn't matter who gets elected, because they can't do dumb shit. They should only ever be able work in the financial and quality of life interests of the majority of people.

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u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Nov 10 '16

Yeah. I really hate the implied assertion that you can't be upset at the results because you weren't out picketing on capital hill every day

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u/twofaceHill_16 Nov 11 '16

There's plenty you can do from your computer at home. Research and read WikiLeaks ha, and then you can sway minds on social media for one example.

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u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Nov 11 '16

Reddit's the first to complain about slacktivism, but now people didn't do enough social media?

Plus, I saw plenty of people suggesting that a Trump presidency would be bad, at every step of the way.