I personally think voting is worth doing, particularly because it’s one of the few controls on society that most people have easy access to and doesn’t need to compete with other important tasks. I find for me that it is also good reminder to learn about and pay attention to the local political scene and issues which can be often forgotten in the deluge of national political news.

That said, I largely agree that other actions can have a much bigger impact. But if voting is said to be a waste of time, surely all of this time spent arguing about the topic is also wasted. Even though I didn’t totally agree, I think the pinned post is a good take: vote (or not) as you feel, but let’s focus on the actions that actually matter which I think we mostly all agree on. Right now that is primarily educating and organizing with our communities.