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Re:Liquid Democracy by colordrops on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:17PM (#23383249)
Many young people don't vote precisely because they see it as being an ineffective way to enact change, since the politicians they do vote for don't implement the ideas they ran on. They also see the establishment doing everything in their power to hobble candidates (read: sanders) that are actually honest, consistent, and striving for the common man rather than corporations and other powerful entities.

https://i.imgur.com/F9kdJqL.gif

https://img1.quotesuniverse.com/quotes/01/noam-chomsky-quote...

People, including the young, are demotivated by rigged games.

Re:Liquid Democracy by wilg on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:53PM (#23383691)
Is it true that politicians don't do what they ran on? I think that may be a myth. My understanding is the opposite: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-ke...