If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Voting is allowed only because it has no real impact.
- In plain terms
- If voting worked, they would not let us do it.
- What can you take from it?
- Real change is withheld from the public.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does voting ever change things?
- How else to gain power?
Another view
It dismisses all civic participation.
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