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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by scoutt on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:00AM (#19086506)
> Why one has to be an informed citizen? Why one has to vote? Why one has to always protest? Why one has to always support something?

Is not in your interest. Is in the interest of the elected officials. They get to you through the news and social media (by sharing). In simple words: they don't give a F about you, the taxes or the roads.

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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by TuringTest on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:49AM (#19087025)
They give a fuck about your vote, though. It your vote is informed (as well as the vote of a significant chunk of the informed population), you can bet your ass they'll wonder pretty hard what happened when your vote goes elsewhere.
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Re:Stop Reading News (2013) by untog on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:29PM (#19087397)
They give an F about being re-elected though, which you have control over.
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