President Biden will not take a cognitive test as part of his upcoming physical exam, the White House confirmed Monday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, does not believe a cognitive test is necessary.
Democracy is overthrown. We have two viable parties that are both run by corporations. Most of the media Americans consume is monopoly media that enforces the corporate line. It’s not about permission so much as controlling the propaganda to deplatform organizers, minimize wrongthink, declare a narrow window of acceptable debate, and pit groups of the working class against each other to keep them occupied and not looking for more culpable enemies. Law enforcement protects capital as well. If you’re gonna post on Hexbear, read some theory instead of casting hollow aspersions with memes that show you don’t understand where we’re coming from.
This isn’t hexbear, it’s fediverse. I’m on mander, you’re on hexbear (which I wouldn’t deign to visit and only extend grudging tolerance to users thereof on good behavior), the post is on lemmy.ml. You betray your ignorance about more than just federated networking here.
Anyway, if democracy is overthrown then what does it fucking matter who I vote for?
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
Unless you’re wealthy, it doesn’t matter who you vote for. Your interests are not represented, and will not be represented. This isn’t accidental, this is the system working as intended (See: Federalist 10). The US constitution was created by wealthy white men to enshrine the minority power of wealthy white men as the law of the land.
The good news is that political activity is not just limited to voting! Voting in federal elections is mostly a waste of time, as the differences between candidates and major parties is largely just rhetorical. If you must vote, concentrate on local elections, where you might be able to fend off the interests of the powerful landlord and corporate lobbies. But, there’s much more you can do! It just requires you to put in effort personally. Political organizing largely can’t be done at a keyboard. You need to talk to and form relationships with your coworkers and neighbors. Organize a union at work, a tenants’ union among your neighbors, undertake the task of actually educating yourself politically, feed the unhoused and treat them like human beings. Engage in direct action against the power elite who are killing us and our planet.
Regardless of what task you set yourself to, it requires you to
, 
, and engage with other human beings.