now, to the subject of your post. i've just turned 70 and have only voted in one presidential election. in high school, i took petitions around and sent letters to representatives to get the voting age lowered to 18. after that i never voted, feeling that it was hopeless, that basically 5 rich guys ran the country and either installed their puppet of choice or threatened the people's choice so that he became their puppet.
i ultimately voted once and almost instantly regretted it. i would have voted for bernie but the DNC made that impossible which insured a Trump victory, even though the democratic leadership could not accept culpability and spent 4 years denying the results of the election, exactly what they're accusing Trump of.
so here i am now, going to RFKjr fundraisers and events and volunteering to work on his campaign, i've followed him for years. i live in an open primary state so i can vote for him and decide on who to vote for in the general depending on who runs. whatever happens, we can't have 4 more years of biden or even 4 minutes of newsome.
i was fired from my job of 40 years because i wouldn't take the vaccine, lost a lot of "friends"and lost respect for many others.
i've always refused to vote for the lesser of 2 evils or to keep someone out of office but we are in desperate straits, on the edge of losing everything that is good about this country. i'm certain the election will be rigged but we have to try.
I Love Philosophy, and Plato's Republic has always been my philosophic bible, but have you read Xenophon's "Tyrannicus" (On Tyranny) ... Leo Strauss's reading is my recommendation... Also Sir Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" is also worth a critical read as a critique on our present time... It deals with the conquest of nature, human nature in particular.
Btw... I am one of the disillusioned who has lost faith in the current form of government and as a result I am now contemplating a boycott on the ballot box in 2024... and I practiced my abstention in 2022, so now I'm comfortable with it.
I vote but have begun to think it doesn’t matter. Last election, after 3 years of oppression, everyone where I live voted for the status quo. Talk about demoralizing.
regarding chris bray's letter, i don't live in california but i am sending a copy of that letter to the AG (i've removed chris' name). i suggest we bombard the AG with letters, regardless of where we live. cover his desk as in Miracle on 34th St. let him know that CA residents and people all across the country are sick of him.
now, to the subject of your post. i've just turned 70 and have only voted in one presidential election. in high school, i took petitions around and sent letters to representatives to get the voting age lowered to 18. after that i never voted, feeling that it was hopeless, that basically 5 rich guys ran the country and either installed their puppet of choice or threatened the people's choice so that he became their puppet.
i ultimately voted once and almost instantly regretted it. i would have voted for bernie but the DNC made that impossible which insured a Trump victory, even though the democratic leadership could not accept culpability and spent 4 years denying the results of the election, exactly what they're accusing Trump of.
so here i am now, going to RFKjr fundraisers and events and volunteering to work on his campaign, i've followed him for years. i live in an open primary state so i can vote for him and decide on who to vote for in the general depending on who runs. whatever happens, we can't have 4 more years of biden or even 4 minutes of newsome.
i was fired from my job of 40 years because i wouldn't take the vaccine, lost a lot of "friends"and lost respect for many others.
i've always refused to vote for the lesser of 2 evils or to keep someone out of office but we are in desperate straits, on the edge of losing everything that is good about this country. i'm certain the election will be rigged but we have to try.
If voting makes you happy, go for it.
I Love Philosophy, and Plato's Republic has always been my philosophic bible, but have you read Xenophon's "Tyrannicus" (On Tyranny) ... Leo Strauss's reading is my recommendation... Also Sir Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" is also worth a critical read as a critique on our present time... It deals with the conquest of nature, human nature in particular.
Btw... I am one of the disillusioned who has lost faith in the current form of government and as a result I am now contemplating a boycott on the ballot box in 2024... and I practiced my abstention in 2022, so now I'm comfortable with it.
I vote but have begun to think it doesn’t matter. Last election, after 3 years of oppression, everyone where I live voted for the status quo. Talk about demoralizing.
I was wondering what happened to you. This is the first post I've seen in a long time.
regarding chris bray's letter, i don't live in california but i am sending a copy of that letter to the AG (i've removed chris' name). i suggest we bombard the AG with letters, regardless of where we live. cover his desk as in Miracle on 34th St. let him know that CA residents and people all across the country are sick of him.