@PaulC123 If you tell a Republican "May I have $500 please?"
That Republican will either tell you:
1) "No! Get the **** outta here!"
OR
2) "Here's a job application to ABC Company - go work for your $500."
Depending on what ABC Company is, #2 may or may not be helpful. But now let's look at the reverse, will we?
If you ask a Democrat "May I have $500 please?"
They will either say:
1) "What's in it for me?"
OR
2) "No, but I would love for you to come help us with the Pride parade, and the Black Lives Matter protests, and everything else we're organizing!"
Now - yes, I am exaggerating and oversimplifying a lot for the purpose of getting the point across. But you get the gist - they care more about the people at the top than the people at the bottom. The only difference is that Republicans tend to be a bit more clear about it.
And it's the same thing whether you ask for help, money, benefits, or better policies. Both parties don't care about you much beyond securing your vote - which is why they always seem to care more about "disadvantaged communities" when election time rolls around.
Have you ever noticed that people only talk about Pride when it's Pride Month? Or that fighting racism, sexism, etc. only becomes more important when it's needed to secure a vote or popularity?
Politics is dirty. No matter how much a politician actually genuinely wants to help you - even if they really, really wanted to - the chances of anything actually happening are low.
"The way to hell is paved with good intentions" and so it is with politics. Many well intentioned policies can go mayhem - so why are we still voting for the same people that keep on messing it up?
Why can't we work together to pick people that we actually want? Why are we busy doing strategic voting?
Instead of disputing electoral votes and voter fraud - instead of mourning for what someone "could have done" - which as I was trying to point out earlier - they probably wouldn't have done much better than their opponents - let's focus on reforming things so that votes actually go towards building a better world.
Which..considering the state of things...probably will never happen. :D