Politics is not practical for 99% of people

[Onecirrus]

When a better and fairer society is over a lifetime away, why worry about politics? Even if the most progressive candidates are actually voted in (a pipe dream), wage slavery, income inequality, and all the problems of capitalism are not going to go anywhere anytime soon! So much of this country (America) is so underdeveloped they will actively fight against the best interest of everyone and majority of government will too!

Understanding complex systemic issues, civil and military maintenance, and learning political theory is completely pointless unless you already posses a significant amount of power (You almost certainly do not!) in society which you can use to manipulate the system. Sure, you'll understand why Trump is bad, the limits of capitalism, how to make government more efficient, but does this really get you anywhere? What good is a conscious voter in an ocean of ignorant, misinformed, dogmatic voters? You can get rid of Trump but you can not get rid of what allowed Trump in the first place, that problem will persist long after you are dead.

So forget Politics! AOC and Bernie Sanders cannot save you! The average person has a laundry list of problems that they need to solve on a daily basis just to survive and almost none of those problems will be solved by government! (Maybe in two or three decades?) Just look how the pandemic brought America to its knees! People are being fired and evicted, the second stimulus check is no where in sight, and the government seems to be in no rush to help anyone, it doesn't even pretend to be in a rush!

Focus on yourself, be selfish, grossly selfish if you have to be, all that really matters is survival.

Despite everything I wrote, please vote Trump out! He is hurting LGBT people and I am at least 2 of those letters!

[Leo Gura]

When it comes to politics you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. Focusing on yourself will allow devils to rule over you.

Engagment is important.

There's really no other option but to work towards social justice and improvement of government.

It's not about you, it's about the future of us. If you are getting into politics with a mindset of "what will I get out of it?" you've missed the point of politics. It's about service and elevating mankind.

[JosephKnecht]

Solve your local problems before solving global problems. @Onecirrus

When you focus on solving your local problems, you might notice how the global problems flow over into your local problems. 

When you have solved all your local problems, try solving global problems. 

To solve global problems, Politics is currently the most effective approach.