I’m a disabled dude with a family. I live on less than half of what is considered extreme poverty for a single person in my area per year not including my wife’s income. I have no extra healthcare, dental or vision care and pay out of pocket even though I worked for ~20 years before my disability and was a part of a union. I am not disabled enough according to my government but too disabled to work according to all medical professionals I have seen, so I get no more than basic CPP.
There is no politician in this country that cares about me and my family. I have two choices on my ballot. The.politicians would all rather I be dead. I can MAID whenever I like but I am not permitted respect or a decent life and neither are my kids. Even if I could try work my way out of my hole I lose all support when I hit a very low income threshold. I have spoiled every single ballot I have cast for more than a decade in every single election at every single level of politics in Canada.
People could give a fuck though. They prove it time and time again. Tell me again who I should vote for? And why I should give a fuck about you and your politicians? People have a lot to say but it’s all bullshit.
Those people could also set up their own regional party to get their voices better heard in parliament like the bloc have successfully done, I’m not saying to “only vote.”
Or it’s people who feel disenfranchised.
I’m a disabled dude with a family. I live on less than half of what is considered extreme poverty for a single person in my area per year not including my wife’s income. I have no extra healthcare, dental or vision care and pay out of pocket even though I worked for ~20 years before my disability and was a part of a union. I am not disabled enough according to my government but too disabled to work according to all medical professionals I have seen, so I get no more than basic CPP.
There is no politician in this country that cares about me and my family. I have two choices on my ballot. The.politicians would all rather I be dead. I can MAID whenever I like but I am not permitted respect or a decent life and neither are my kids. Even if I could try work my way out of my hole I lose all support when I hit a very low income threshold. I have spoiled every single ballot I have cast for more than a decade in every single election at every single level of politics in Canada.
People could give a fuck though. They prove it time and time again. Tell me again who I should vote for? And why I should give a fuck about you and your politicians? People have a lot to say but it’s all bullshit.
Not voting makes it easier for politicians to ignore them.
If they feel disenfranchised, they are probably already ignored.
That’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
Or a pat answer to give to disenfranchised people you don’t want represented. “If we’re ignoring you it’s because you’re not involved enough!”
Those people could also set up their own regional party to get their voices better heard in parliament like the bloc have successfully done, I’m not saying to “only vote.”
There’s always some new criterion for not being ignored.
This conversation is not productive, stop being self defeatist and start working on solutions.
This conversation has reached the conclusion implicit in its opening.