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This is not some "platitude" this is reality.
If you have a look at history you'll find this exact scenario played out over and over again.
From Rome to the Modern day, you'll find that many Democratic nations gave up Democracy on their own.
To some pretty horrific outcomes.
It's the responsibility of every citizen in this country to make sure that doesn't happen.
Because believe it or not..as bad as it is now..it can get far worse.
I'm not sure we're talking about the same things, tbh.
Lack of participation, imo, is not why the Country is currently as corrupt as it is.
To me, it's simply greed.
A simple get out the vote won't fix that aspect of human nature, and further, it won't even help it (it has? Since when?).
There's room for optimism in my world, ALWAYS.
But it never seems to trump reality.
The lack of voting is not what's wrong with our Country. It's the controllers of our Economy, that are what's wrong with this Country. And if everyone on the list is thusly controlled by $greed$ in one form or another, I refuse to continue to dignify them with a Vote. It's counterintuitive, to me.
Show me the right fucking person. I'm not going to politely ask for it any more and plug my nose and pull a lever when it's not delivered. All that means is that I voted for the best sounding lying ass hole.
I'm going to demand it, from now on.
If that goes against whatever plan was meant for Democracy, then it's not my albatross to wear. It's the greedy's albatross to wear.
The problems are you are alluding to are the direct result of a "lack" of voting and a "lack" of participation by the electorate in government.
And the main problem is that when things are going well for people, for the most part, they don't pay attention. They want to raise their families, go to work, go to the movies, have bbqs and not really worry about the issues facing the country.
And then there are those that capitalize on that attitude. The pump big money into candidate that are friendly to their agenda, and do their very best to legislate in their favor.
They rely on people remaining apathetic..or pissed off. To pissed to vote.
And that's why we are at this point.
Sallow,
We can agree to disagree here. I do understand your point of view. I just don't think in practice that it's exactly what's going on, is all.