I see a lot of people say they are not into politics. They don't want to hear about politics, or talk about politics. They say it as though that makes them more pure then the people who do speak about politics. Like they are above all that. Certainly, for a
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long time, people avoided speaking about politicis as a matter of politeness. That prohibition on talking about politics (or religion, or income) was always presented as a way to avoid conflict, but in fact, it is a way for the wealthy to prevent people from organizing,
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from questioning authority, and from rebelling against injustice and corruption.
These days, a lack of political awareness is actively encouraged by the far right, for precisely the same reasons. People who don't listen to the news, or read the news, or talk about the
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These days, a lack of political awareness is actively encouraged by the far right, for precisely the same reasons. People who don't listen to the news, or read the news, or talk about the
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news, have no clear idea what is going on, nor do they have any way to judge what news is true and what is false. When you are getting what little you know about the political life of your community or country from friends, social media, and the pulpit, you probably are
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not getting a complete picture. And with so much disinformation and misleading spin, even in our legacy media, it is even more difficult to sort out the nonsense from reality.
I know people who are proud to announce they cancelled their newspaper and their cable and they
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I know people who are proud to announce they cancelled their newspaper and their cable and they
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just don't read news any more. "It's too depressing". Yes, yes it is. But in order to change things for the better, we must look the wrongs and injustices and corruption in the face and say their names. Ignoring the problems will not make them go away.
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And if you don't pay any attention to politics, how can you possibly make an educated decision about how to vote? There seems to be a few responses to this question.
1) I don't vote
2) My parent/priest/significant other tells me who to vote for
3) I vote for the same party I
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1) I don't vote
2) My parent/priest/significant other tells me who to vote for
3) I vote for the same party I
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have always voted for
None of these is helpful.
Democracy depends on the people educating themselves on all the alternatives, forming opinions based on facts, and being active in the political process, from writing letters to representatives to getting out and
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None of these is helpful.
Democracy depends on the people educating themselves on all the alternatives, forming opinions based on facts, and being active in the political process, from writing letters to representatives to getting out and
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voting EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Things are so messed up right now. We are rapidly descending into a situation where regular people have very little power and everything is controlled by a few extremely wealthy individuals. That includes how and where we work, what we eat, where
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Things are so messed up right now. We are rapidly descending into a situation where regular people have very little power and everything is controlled by a few extremely wealthy individuals. That includes how and where we work, what we eat, where
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we can live, what healthcare we can access, how our children are educated, and who controls the resources that, on paper at least, belong to the public.
I know, I know. The news can be boring. It can be depressing. It can be frightening. It can be infuriating. But we
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I know, I know. The news can be boring. It can be depressing. It can be frightening. It can be infuriating. But we
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cannot bury our heads and hope everything will be ok. We are sliding towards a very ugly and inhumane future if the far right continue to gain footholds in our society. George Orwell tried to warn us. Margaret Atwood has tried to warn us. Ray Bradbury tried to warn us.
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Corporatism is on the doorstep. Profits before people. Divide and conquer - keep us fighting amongst ourselves about gender neutral bathrooms while they take away our right to potable water and breathable air. It's a long game they have been playing since the 1980s, and
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they are winning. They have convinced an alarming number of people, actual blue collar workers, that unions are bad and we must support those poor, oppressed, put-upon millionaire and billionaire owners...
They have convinced a lot of people to shut their eyes to what
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They have convinced a lot of people to shut their eyes to what
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is going on. They have convinced people to hate one another over stupid things. They have convinced people to be greedy, to look out for their own self-interest at the expense of helping others, and to be enraged at whatever they are told to be enraged about (trans people,
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environmentalists, healthcare workers, immigrants, etc, etc, etc). And they have done this while quietly taking control of everything.
YOU need to pay attention. YOU need to read and fact check and think critically. YOU need to talk about politics. YOU need to write letters
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YOU need to pay attention. YOU need to read and fact check and think critically. YOU need to talk about politics. YOU need to write letters
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and sign petitions. YOU need to VOTE. Never let yourself be in the position of explaining to the youth of tomorrow that it all just sort of happened while you weren't paying attention. This is our country. We all need to care. We need to find truth in a firehose of
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misinformation. And we need to speak up. The only thing that can change the course we are on is if people mobilize to keep the CPC out of power here and to minimize the impact of Trump in the US on us. You cannot ignore it anymore. NOW is the time.
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