I will vote, do I think it matters? I'm not sure. All of the candidates, Bernie included, are spending too much money campaigning. It's disheartening. Where could that money go? To the people both Hillary and Bernie claim to want to help. The show is more important than the actual lives that are at stake. I personally feel this is all a joke- American Idol style- but... Do I participate? Maybe my support of Bernie is an homage to my values? Maybe he will help inspire a political revolution? But has any revolution successfully managed to use the status quo to establish itself? I'm sick of the show. I'm sick of the bullshit debates. There is no debate. Corporate America is killing America (and the rest of the world). Bernie may be the most rational choice, for me, but is anything happening right now rational? Pharmaceutical companies are killing people. Municipalities are being privatized (FLINT). Cops continue to murder black people. Our criminal justice system continues to enslave black people in for profit prisons (slavery is real). Schools are demoralizing students (student debt slavery is real). Wages are appalling (wage slavery is real). The class system is still the ruling system, racism is institutionalized... Fluoride is pumped into our water supply along with god knows what else. Anti-depressants are the new American Dream. I'm at a loss. Do nothing or do something that's as good as doing nothing- keep pretending anyone of these show boats will make it better. There is no band aide for the crimes of our leaders. Corruption is the status quo. TV is the trough. We are fed noise and even when we get a real signal it's faint and fleeting. I just wanted to share my discontent. In a way Bernie has pacified me- the glimmer of hope, my desire to see his values become core has made me even more apathetic, because now I can pretend my support of a candidate has an affect on the everyday world around me. Unfortunately believing in something is not doing something. What will I do? I'll probably continue to live on the fringe, securing a life for myself that I'm morally comfortable with, but I will not pretend that I'm doing something. I'm on Facebook for fucks sake.
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