Indeed, It Is.

But whatever we can do is still needed.

Burnout Is Real. The Remedy Is Pro-Democracy Work.
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Published by ali redford

I love dogs and people. I want living creatures to thrive. I love to cook, and share the food, but ya gotta get in line in front of the dog.

5 thoughts on “Indeed, It Is.”

  1. Viting ISour, civic duty, sure, but, after we’d voted many times, and, nothing about the government ever changed, we start wondering, if our votes do matter, and, we stop, vioting, because, it becomes, nothing more than a, form of, PASSIVE, resistence, to the, legislations that the lawmakers, proposed, that don’t benefit the people at all.

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    1. Voting is only the easiest civic duty we have. As US citizens, we have the duty to direct our government. We have the duty to speak up when wrong is occurring. Not voting is the same as voting for the opposition, and we all know that. But voting, then directing our government whether our candidates won or not (because whoever won is our public servant, there to consider we the people who pay them.) Also, there are things people can do for a little time and no money that help, as well. We the people as a whole have let our civic duties go, presuming somebody somewhere is taking care of things somehow, then they wonder how we got here. Now it’s shoulders to a really heavy grindstone, and if all of us don’t participate, the US will be over. So, please, please look around, and do whatever you can to help.

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      1. But sometimes, after a political party, takes control of, ALL branches if government, even if we vote, it does NOT, change anything in the system, thus, voting became, the people’s way of, PASSIVELY, protesting the authoritarian rule of a, political party, and, unless we the people, rise, UP and say: enough IS enough, we the people, will NOT be abused by you, politician of a certain party, and, OVERTHROW the, government, the government, led by the, corrupt political party that was, elected into office, will, kerp on, controlling, ALL our, lives. Voting basically, have, NO viable, purpose, but a form of, passive resistance by, we the, people.

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      1. Well, I understand what you’re saying.

        But the rising up-Lawfully!-and showing up to direct our government is absolutely a duty of US citizens to do. It’s not a last minute “oh heck look what’s happening I’d better get to the capital city” thing, it’s an “if there’s an active legislative session, I need to be on phone or email every day” thing. So, you get it, too, but somehow, it got turned around a little. We absolutely have to vote, and vote for the item/candidate/issue that will most help people even if it isn’t perfect. Then we go to work making it more perfect.

        Not voting is voting for the worst for people, and not directing our government is supporting it when it does bad things. Like cutting civics out of schools. We used to get this stuff in elementary school, when we were learning letter forms and writing and addressing adults. It was intertwined. We wrote letters to the White House, the Senators, the Representative, and the State House every year, as part of English/writing instruction. We kids thought we were just learning how to write letters, but I’m sure glad we did it, because it became a habit. So many people have forgotten they ever learned it!

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