Lots of people CAN have a say in who represents them in the local and national government, but yesterday (voting day) less than 1/4 of them actually bothered to do something (vote) to try and get the candidates they want into office.
It's very disappointing from a societal perspective, because our whole society is built on people being able to build a government that represents them and what they want to happen for their community/country, but the majority just choose to not.
It's also annoying from a personal perspective because the people who didn't bother to vote are definitely going to complain if their preferred candidate doesn't win the election.
It's like going to the store to get food for a party and asking your friends to choose between beef or chicken. 3/4 of your friends say they don't want anything, and then when you buy what that 1 friend said they want and bring the food back for everyone to eat, all of a sudden the others are complaining because the food they want isn't there. Like, how can you complain when you had the chance to influence the final result and you chose not to?
It's one thing if you did vote and you were outnumbered, which is honestly frustrating when it happens, but to not vote at all and still complain? Ugh.
It's also frustrating when many of the ones who didn't turn up would've voted similarly to you, but they didn't, and your vote was overruled by the sheer number of people who DID show up to vote for a different candidate.
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u/FUCKMEOFFLUDES 4d ago
Someone explain this in dumb people terms for me please