It’s always meet the new boss, same as the old boss, which is why they don’t care who you vote for, as long as it’s one of their two candidates. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com:
The problem is not that the wrong people keep getting elected, it’s that the elections don’t matter and voters don’t have a say.
There’s been a lot of talk in pro-Palestine circles about withholding votes for Biden in protest of his genocide in Gaza, which is of course fine, but the discourse around doing so often misses an important point. A lot of US voters erroneously think they’d be punishing the Democrats for Gaza by costing them the election, mistakenly assuming Democrats care about winning. They don’t.
Losing an election costs Democratic party leaders nothing; all the career politicians and political operatives at the top keep their careers either way. From their point of view this is just a cushy job with sweet benefits, and they keep those win or lose. And obviously Biden himself doesn’t care; he’ll have a comfortable retirement regardless of the outcome in November, and on some level he’s surely aware that it’s nuts for a dementia patient to be in the White House anyway.
If the Democrats cared about getting your vote they’d be trying hard to earn it. They’re not trying because they don’t care.
The unelected empire managers who actually run the US power structure also don’t care who wins the election. They know they’ll still get their murder and militarism and capitalism and imperialism no matter who gets sworn in next year, whether it’s Biden or Trump or Harris or someone else. Nobody with any real power cares about your vote.
Voting is critical for the overlords; it keeps the masses busy, believing they have an effect on the government’s direction and activity. After voting, the sheep continue to ‘discuss’ all the important events and how they can change the direction of their rulers by threatening to vote them out of office (which rarely happens). If the overlords aren’t careful, the masses will complain LOUDLY.
Meanwhile, the direction and behavior of the government will never change, no matter who is in power. The behavior of the mob continues its same course, complaining and voting and never understanding that they are manipulated and coerced into supporting the beast that devours them. ~ Chad Chadburn