Re: US Presidential Election
And just as an example, in England in the late 1700s, slavery eventaully was banned, and it wasn't because of it being banned in Congress, it was because people, the wifes of slave ship sailors largely, began to oppose it in large numbers, telling their husbands that if they continued to go on these voyages that that was the end of their being together, telling them it was either them or the slave ships. And so the men working those ships started not showing up, and the slave industry began to lose money, etc... It was also a lot of woman realizing how morally wrong slavery was, and influencing their husbands because of it. Because of this overall affect and awakening within the public regarding slavery, congress then decided that it was time to do away with it. It's not so much votes which cause change, but how people think and act. They can affect change within their government through how they conduct themselves, not particularly just through votes. It's when there is a shift in people's perceptions that changes within politics really start to have an impact, usually that is the only time changes in politics that actually matter occure, when people themselves change. That's my entire point. I'm not suggesting being passive. I'm simply stating that the greatest way to affect change is by yourself changing, not relying of elected officials to make everything right.
