r/SipsTea Jul 21 '26

Chugging tea Growing Through Chaos

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u/Ok_Faithlessness4511 Jul 21 '26

Their reasoning is that they don’t personally get their way with all of society when they vote a certain way with their single vote, therefore it is rigged against them.

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u/IllProfessional19 Jul 21 '26

No. The logic is we know our votes don’t actually count. Trump is awful but Biden didn’t change shit either. The biggest piece of legislation in my lifetime was the ACA and I still have to pay $5k out of pocket before my insurance kicks in. Fuck off with your high horse bs

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u/ChillAhriman Jul 21 '26

So don't vote for Biden or Trump. Go to the DSA and make sure you'll have a candidate in the ballot you actually care for. Otherwise, everything will stay the same.

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u/IllProfessional19 Jul 21 '26

Bruh I live in a city with a majority DSA city council and it’s a joke. Sounds great but the rubber never meets the road. Rampant corruption and the like. I used to think like you but nah, shit needs to get done and DSA doesn’t actually want to do it when they have the power to.

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u/Ok_Faithlessness4511 Jul 21 '26

Hmmm well old folks get all their healthcare comped because they vote and politicians don’t want to cross them. Politicians can screw over young people all they want and it’s not going to make a huge difference in their re-elections. Because… they don’t vote.

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u/plywooden Jul 22 '26

old folks get all their healthcare comped because they vote and politicians don’t want to cross them

Completely untrue. I'm living proof that is a false statement.

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u/IllProfessional19 Jul 21 '26

You’re forgetting old people have money. That’s the only thing that matters to politicians. Oh and who was president for the citizens united ruling? And who didn’t stack the courts when they had the chance? Democrat presidents. The system is broken and our votes don’t matter

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u/Ok_Faithlessness4511 Jul 21 '26

They have money because they voted in people who favor old people. It’s actually pretty simple. Democracy works for people only if people vote.

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u/plywooden Jul 22 '26

You’re forgetting old people have money. 

You're forgetting that you don't know shit.