It’s not the people who are indifferent, but rather the politicians who are indifferent to the populace. Their only concern is big money and will step on the people for another buck.
It’s been tried in earnest for over 200 years and things have only gotten worse. Blaming the voters misses the mark by miles. Our politicians have had the chance to reform campaign finance for a long time and refuse to do anything about it. Couple that with giving the police the power to seize property and use it for funding their own department and you have an entrenched system that no amount of voting can fix. Until those 2 basic issues are resolved, voting is an immoral and slimy affair and most Americans know it. That’s why we don’t vote. We aren’t so foolish as to think it makes a difference.
You can argue that the wrong people get elected but no matter who wins it only gets worse for the people. We all know that so why, I ask, would we bother to legitimatize the corruption through participation?
