How deep is the corruption in politics?
Referencing the US...
I talked with a disillusioned family member about the upcoming midterms. They basically won't be voting because they hate both sides to the point where they can't even pick a "lesser evil".
It got me thinking today. There's a lot of stuff that goes on in the government at both the state and federal levels that I would never know anything about because I'm just a regular citizen who reads publicly-available information.
For instance, is the real election on election day, or is it when the nominees are selected? Third-parties and write-ins never win, so I'm only looking at two people. What if all of them are scum? And if it's really the nomination that matters, how do I even influence that? Do I vote in polls? Does anyone really check those for integrity? Could they be falsified?
Am I going too deep into the rabbit hole? What do you think?
| There's no corruption in politics, calm down | 0 | |
| There's some, but don't put a tinfoil hat on | 4 | |
| There's a lot, but we're not powerless | 7 | |
| There's a ton, you should already have a tinfoil hat on, fool | 10 | |
| There's no non-corruption in politics, were you born yesterday? | 11 |