Wanting better things / having policy goals = circular firing squad.
Got it.

Dude, at least a statement of disagreement, as useless as that is, would be more than the complete silence on offer.

I voted "the right way" and stayed engaged with political minutia for a few decades, arguing very similarly to you regarding engagement with the process. Eventually a person who isn't delusional stops and evaluates the intractability of the situation.
Go be smug elsewhere.

If you paid money to see this in person... oof.

Eat shit, kiddo.

Actually, I'll expand. I've been a voter since December 1995. This is not a new issue. And volunteering for a party I'm not a member of while living in a deep blue dot in a wildly gerrymandered state is not going to fix the broken-ness of the US political system.

No.

It's nearly impossible to compare the two so far.

You should stay lurking.

Well it started at 7.
And at least involves fighting and drama and bloodshed

www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-see...

I thought you were joking. But he was actually in a movie about Guliani.
Amazing.

This stuff was always in their training materials (and any big box retail). It's loss prevention in the guise of customer service.

And yeah, it sucks.