A Boring Dystopia

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Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy. (act.represent.us)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] dohpaz42 56 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Shit, y’all could’ve saved a ton of time and effort if you’d have just asked me; I’ve been saying this for years. And it’s only worse when you’re the one speck of blue in a red sea.

[–] Viking_Hippie 20 points 6 months ago

It's one of those things that are obvious to reasonable people but it's nice to have proof for when you run into unreasonable people who deny it.

[–] _number8_ 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i love getting scolded about voting when even if I personally managed to pull off a miracle and convert one thousand people to vote for biden, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

[–] dohpaz42 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

jUsT VoTE!!1!!11

As if voting for president makes any difference, when it’s the electoral college who makes the final decision. And they’ve proven in the past that they’ll do what they want.