Waiting on the World to Change

As John Mayer so eloquently puts it, this generation feels completely powerless. I don't blame them - things have been spiraling downward for a couple of hundred years now. Our system of democracy, a constitutional democracy, only works if all its citizens understand the compact. Giving people an 'incentive' to vote, like a chance to win a million, is a laughable idea perhaps, but what if the 'incentive' were a MESSAGE that made all voters BELIEVE that their vote COUNTED? That the man they would be sending to office actually represented THEM. That can only work if we go back to 'real' community districts. And that can only happen with a lot of work on our part. Let's start spreading the message that volunteerism is political ACTIVISM. Because it IS. You want to help MAKE a change, start participating in local community politics. Keep in mind that gerrymandering is the FIRST blockade we must break down. Gerrymandered districts represent NO ONE except the party that made it - and we all know that the PARTY stands for nothing but ITSELF.