What do your politicians do for you?

Near as I can tell the liberals offer the same ever-worsening status quo and the conservatives just want to get rid of people who never did anything to me.

Particularly at a federal level does anyone actually offer policy that improves your life? The only person who seems to do better and better is whoever my boss is at any given time, and those guys didn't need the help.

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WestonT · 18-21, M

It's interesting being part of the younger generation, as this is the time when I'm supposed to start caring about politics and voting and "participating in the democratic process", but I'm not seeing a whole lot of reason to regard most of this as anything other than self-serving, performative pandering that only helps those at the top stay at the top and does little for most of us.

I do think local politics is often more relevant to me than what's happening at the federal level, but even then all politicians are primarily concerned with their careers and donors and that will always come first. Sometimes they can help their community and their constituents, but that's secondary to furthering their career.

Federal politics is mostly just a game of inefficiency and vindictiveness. When the "adults in the room" are acting like children, it's hard to want to participate in any of this.

BorealPedant · 41-45, M

@WestonT People say that this perspective is immature a lot of the time but I think you're dead right.

What do any of them offer for you personally? What opportunities will you have you'd otherwise be denied?

The best the Democrats offer is "we're not them" and the best the Republicans offer is getting rid of woke. Like which path leads to you with a good job and a stable home?