WHY???
I’ve been asked many times why on Earth I would want to get involved with politics. I’ve been told that they’re all corrupt. Well, to be honest, I’ve been told “they” are way worse things.
What I see is a division and hatred. I see where everyone is so busy wanting to be right, that the people are left wondering why.
Why vote if the system is rigged? Have you worked as an election inspector? I have. Go see for yourself from the inside how it really works.
Why vote if they never “do anything for me”?
Look, I’m not a politician, but I have learned that the only way to ever make effective change is from the inside. Frankly, I waited for several months before throwing my hat in the ring to see who might “step up”
March came around, still no one had filed. I thought to myself, surely someone is going to take this on. Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I heard a conversation with my high school government teacher and he asked “Aren’t you someone?”
I am.
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