Women's Suffrage was won without voting. Civil Rights was won with turnout among black people between 25% and 7% per state. It's not voting that moves things in the right direction.

And remember. Both the Ds and the Rs had to give ground to prevent the civil rights movement from getting out of their control. As soon as they had it appeased, both the Ds and Rs co-architected the war on drugs and heavy "anti-crime" work to criminalize black people. It's not a coincidence that prison population skyrocketed immediately after the civil rights era, targeted black people primarily, and haven't come down since regardless of who is in office.

Corpos aren't loosing, they are growing in power with rising wealth inequality. Money is power. Think of every dollar they have at their disposal as a tiny little soldier running around and whispering in people's ears. They are backed by itty bitty generals who are the smartest people on the planet, paid the highest wages to come up with the best most foolprofest brainwash / propaganda / public relation / talking points / advertising imaginable to manipulate people. You think you have a chance against that??? Is this fucking Sparta, three hundred vs one billion?

Even more money can be poured into elections now. You don't even have time to protest because you don't have the money. Any they long figured out how to game protests to make them harmless anyway.

Look at how the dems gamed the system to prevent a Sanders presidency. Not even a lukewarm social democrat could they allow against Trump. And Obama, the corporatist of dem all is still being worshiped. Every time I see posts blaming this small faction or the other for the second Trump presidency I cringe. It's like you're in a prison for your mind. The election shouldn't even have been close. No, Trump should have been in jail. Put the blame where it fucking belongs.

YOU DO NOT LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. People do not even know what is real and what isn't any more. The only good thing is that their laws and state violence are illegitimate, and you are under no moral obligation to follow them anymore, except self preservation. Zeroth law of robotics is in full effect. Civil disobedience or whatever. Organize locally and offline.

PS: Sorry for the rant. Sucks to live in interesting times.