US Dept. of Labor keeps lying...

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But regardless of all that, I would ask you to reconsider.  I really have no bones to pick with anyone who votes in a way I wouldn't.  So the request doesn't hinge on "who will win?"  It's about the idea that if you don't vote, you're just along for the ride... I would never recommend just going along for the ride without some say as to where I, my family and friends, and even my community and society are going. 

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As it stands now... the only way to begin 'fixing' the problem is not relinquishing your voice to "whatever man."

The reason it fails isn't in the process... it is in the behavior of those administering it.  Politicians sporadically echo concerns of the public about voting... and then they dance around the crap that isn't the root of the problem... the root of the problem is that THEY are ALWAYS looking to "get away with" something.  Always.  They do not self-police, and they use "politics" as a tool to manipulate "perceptions"... case in point.

I have always held similar beliefs to those you describe until recently. I fail to see the point in participating in a system of laws in which the politicians involved simply ignore them. In the last 5-10 years in particular it appears that the current modus-operandi of Government at all levels is to simply do whatever they want, whenever they want.

Covid lockdowns are the perfect example of that. Absolutely no laws anywhere on the books allowing such action to be taken by the government. In fact, flagrant violations of other statutes were rampant during that time such as violations of HIPAA. Businesses firing people over refusing forced medical treatments, in violation of the Geneva Conventions, with Government fully backing and condoning this behavior. Arresting people who spoke up on the issues in front of school boards and city councils, forcibly removing them - remember, petitioning for redress of grievances is supposed to be a cornerstone of our "Democracy." And on what charges? Disagreeing with public officials?

Hell, the school district where I used to live installed plexiglass cubicles in the classrooms and forcibly separated students into plastic jail cells - with some teachers even going so far as to tape students' mouths shut for speaking during class under the guise of "spreading covid." A man attended a school board meeting to protest this issue, with pre-arranged speaking time on the agenda, and the superintendent refused to listen to him, had security remove him, and asked officers to trespass him from school board property. When he refused to leave the property he was arrested by police officers and jailed. He had the right to be there, on public property, and to voice his concerns to the school board.

Lets not even get started on the three ring circus of "investigations" and "impeachment inquiries" etc that were obviously baseless and well outside the law. Warrantless wiretapping, used on Presidential candidates and other political figures who were deemed "threats to the establishment." 50 intelligence officers who "came forward" to publicly state, incorrectly, that the Hunter Biden laptop was "misinformation" then an FBI that said "oops we lost it" to today where "oh look we found it."

You're telling me these people care about the rule of law? You're telling me they care about you and me? They surely don't. Remember the famous Benjamin Franklin quote:

"A republic, if you can keep it."

Sadly, we've already lost it. This is no longer a Constitutional Republic. We are living in some sort of dystopian authoritarian fascist police state backed by an oligarchy of ruling families who utilize the government to implement business friendly policies in a two tier system of justice that at this point is so out of control they cheat, lie, steal and do it right in front of all of us, and then laugh in our faces about it.

Nah, I've checked out, my friend. This system is pointless at present and is already collapsing under its own weight as we speak.