Quote Originally Posted by Gromgor View Post
Harvard has already established that we live in an oligarchy and that voting has no effect on anything at the Federal level. Who you vote for on the local and state level might, but voting, in general, has lost any sense of importance in governance.
Considering it has been 30+ years since we had anything resembling an actual choice, I've felt this for some time.

No matter who gets elected on the national level, policies remain basically unchanged.

Why? Because both parties are bought and paid for by the same companies and billionaires. I wish that wasn't true.